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Description: | This interior view of the Mount Calvary chapel in the church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem was intended to provide an accurate depiction of this celebrated site of pilgrimage. The painting would have recalled a pilgrim's visit to the holy site. The two visitors approaching the main altar from the left and the explanatory inscriptions in Latin relate to early seventeenth-century illustrations of travels to Jerusalem. In the foreground, five men pray on their knees in front of a crucifix which is surrounded by candles and lamps. The lateral altars are decorated with paintings and sculptures. | Subjects: | buildings and gardens (chapel of Mount Calvary Church of the Holy Sepulchre); religion; figure | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Flemish School Æ Attributed to | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8991... | Go to resource |
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