 Painting by Giovanni Gagliardi, 1906: the dying Founder gives his last blessing to the Brothers. Compare this with the painting by Grellet. Here everything is much gentler and the features and attitudes are serene. Grellet, however, is doubtless closer to the harsh reality. Before he died, John Baptist de La Salle learned that he had been deprived of the exercise of his priestly powers in the diocese of Rouen. |
