130 CHRISTMAS THROUGH THE EYES OF PAINTERS be made out, but that is all. All that matters now is the gap in the night caused by the light, the outburst that liberates the bodies from their earthly weight, the desire that moves minds toward Christ. And the face-to-face meeting of the old man with the Child. Domenikos finished the picture that his faith had inspired him to paint. He ordered his son to carry out his final requests, received the last rites, and died on April 7, 1614, crossing in his turn the threshold of the new birth for which his faith had prepared him. ❖
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