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“The Departure” – Medieval Catholic Crusaders – Thomas Cole – Beautiful Catholic Art – Archival Quality Choose Paper Size (Image is Smaller):13x17 unframed which in turn got itsThomas Cole painted a pair of pictures in 1837 showing a morning scene and an evening scene. Medieval Crusaders leave with high hopes and shiny, beautiful armor in the morning scene (The Departure) and a few stragglers return weary and wounded in the evening scene (The Return). In the first one, there is a statue of Mary and an old friar blessing them, and the architectural emphasis is the castle. In the evening scene, the same old friar is blessing