#valentin de boulogne

[laclefdescoeurs]

A Young Shepherd wearing a Crown of Laurel Leaves and holding a Recorder, Attributed to Valentin de Boulogne

[armchairarchivist]

Valentin de Boulogne, Judith with the Head of Holofernes

[granstromjulius]

Valentin de Boulogne

[tragediambulante]

David with Goliath and two soldiers, Valentin de Boulogne, 1620-22

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632) "The Fortune Teller" or "Fortune Teller with Soldiers" (c. 1620) Oil on canvas Tenebrism Located in the Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, Ohio, United States This painting is a play on the cheater being cheated and the corruption of Rome, with the man in the red hat stealing from the fortune teller's while a little girl steals his bag of coins. The cheater being cheated is a reference to deceit, which was a common trait of both men and women during the early 17th century in Rome. It was common to steal things such as the items shown in the painting. Rome was a very dangerous place with drunkards, sword/knife fights, and murder throughout the city.

[oilpalette]

Samson, 1630–31.

Valentin de Boulogne - French, 1591–1632

Oil on canvas; 135.6 x 102.8 cm

[cressthebest]

nobody could decide which stories they wanted me to share. they want me to share all of them 😭😭

i’ll start with jesus and john and why i think they’re gay for each other, supported by biblical evidence provided by Seton Catholic Homeschooling of America.

• i took this course in my tenth grade year. i was only homeschooled for 9th and 10th grade. i was public schooled before then, and later went to boarding school for my last two years of hs. but that’s another post.

this is a long post. buckle in. i’ll have it all below the cut

• i no longer have the textbook title, and only have pictures from this text book that i took in a delusional haze when reading this in my catholic mother’s household, hoping that she wouldn’t look through my phones photos to find these images.

this is all from a catholic standpoint, other forms of christianity are not accounted for. if you do not want to see GAY CONTENT ABOUT JESUS, move along

this post is about to unlock so much of my old hyperfixation on the catholic church that i had before leaving.

first of all, as backstory for those who don’t know john:

• john is one of jesus’ twelve disciples and wrote the Gospel of John (I, II, and III) which is a hella important book in the new testament (the second half of the bible.)

• the books of john tell the story of jesus’ life from birth to death. now, that’s kinda gay to write about another man that much, hmm.

• john has also earned the affectionate title of: “The Beloved Disciple”

• he is also traditionally credited with writing Revelations (also known as Apocalypse, which tells how the world is gonna end. fun right!!), though scholars are unsure if he wrote it, or a different john wrote it.

okay, now onto the gay stuff:

• most people jokingly ship judas and jesus because of the angst of judas’ betrayal to jesus. however, i disagree.

• though, knowing their ages, shipping jesus and john would be quite problematic these days, it was quite an acceptable age gap back then. jesus was around the ages of 30-33 at the time of his death, and john was a young adult, about 18. (yikes)

• my evidence begins with the way john writes about himself and jesus in the Gospel of John. in his gospel, he never calls himself john. you guys know what he calls himself in his gospel?? “the discipline whom jesus loved”

😐

sir. could you be ANY more obvious??

so far, all of this info is directly from my catholic textbook.

WOW! that page unpacks a lot. let me elaborate on the way john leaned up on jesus’ chest. first of all, that’s a real bible quote. let’s go:

John 13:23-25

• “23 One of his disciples, the one Jesus loved, was at the table to the right of Jesus in a place of honor. 24 So Simon Peter gestured to this disciple to ask Jesus who it was he was referring to. 25 Then the disciple whom Jesus loved leaned back against Jesus’ chest”

the passage then goes on to john (the disciple whom jesus loved) asking jesus who’s gonna betray him.

• to FURTHER add to this gay af moment, there are PAINTINGS of it, completed by MULTIPLE artists. i’m going to provide the image in my textbook, and then images found online that i particularly enjoy.

above: lovely image! i cannot remember the artist for the life of me.

above: Jesus and John at the Last Supper by Valentin de Boulonge

above: Last Supper by Plautilla Nelli (portions of the image were cropped)

above: cannot find artist’s name.

• if you are interested in finding hundreds more of images like this, all you need to type into google is “john leaning on jesus”. you’ll get the images you need. trust me

• those were my largest pieces of evidence, but there are smaller ones i’d like to share. the textbook helped “gay it up”. i think the author of this textbook was a closeted homosexual. cause no way did a straight person write this thinking “hmmm that’s totally platonic and not at all queer, cause that’s how i feel about MY best friend.”

here’s direct textbook images:

• hmmm man who was closest to him you say???

• “intimate relationship with God”

• best friend? 🤔 are we sure about that?

• symbol of his greater love?

• AND he was the first to recognize jesus??

• y’all. they’ve got to be shitting me atp. no way were they not In Love

and finally, from my study questions:

y’all. special favors? exceptional love?

this textbook had me GOBSMACKED. jaw DROPPED. WDYM THAT JESUS AND JOHN WERE DEFINITELY IN LOVE???

conclusion:

• i HIGHLY recommend you looking up more pictures of john laying on jesus.

• i think of john/jesus as canon. there’s too much evidence to support my point. including The Bible. judas/jesus is like what fanfics are for. they’re the pair that everyone wishes happened in canon, but the authors sucked, so it didn’t.

• literally, drop any questions in the reblogs and comments. i’ll be HAPPY to answer.

(and jesus/judas shippers, i hope i changed your mind.)

[christliche-kunstwerke]

Die Ablehnung des Heiligen Petrus von Valentin de Boulogne (1611, oil painting)

[venustapolis]

David with the Head of Goliath and Two Soldiers (Valentin de Boulogne, 1620-22)

[waldires]

A Concert, 1615 by Valentin de Boulogne,oil on canvas 93,9x129,1 cm. The National Gallery, London

[artthatgivesmefeelings]

Valentin de Boulogne (French, 1591-1632) L'Innocence de Suzanne reconnue, ca.1627-29 Musée du Louvre Livre de Daniel

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Valentin de Boulogne (1590/91-1632). Soldier

[armchairarchivist]

Valentin de Boulogne, The Judgement of Solomon

[granstromjulius]

Valentin de Boulogne

[tragediambulante]

Saint Gerome, Valentin de Boulogne, 1618-22

[life-imitates-art-far-more]

Valentin de Boulogne (1591-1632) "Martyrdom of St Processus and St Martinian" (1629) Oil on canvas Tenebrism