Valentine – based on a Vintage Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality gemma gilgani ~ from the litany of

~ from the litany of Our Lady of Good Counsel

) was one of the premier commercial artists of his day

comparable to the Wild West of America

"My heart is like melting wax" (Psalm 21)

and we suspect the subsequent versions in circulation were copies of a lithograph

Valentine – based on a Vintage Holy Card – Catholic Art Print – Archival Quality gemma gilgani ~ from the litany ofL. Dopter was one of the main holy card publishers in Paris in the 1890s. They all worked near the Church of Saint Sulpice in the Latin Quarter, and the style of art they developed was call Sulpician. It is marked by a soft warmth, with symbols. Doves mean the holy spirit or the souls who are flying to God. Flowers indicate virtue or the devout life. In this case, the flowers are arranged in a Valentine heart, which of course means Christian Love.