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Etching of a church altar with a glowing monstrance, candles, and a radiant figure above; a crowd gathers around a man lying on the floor in front.

Altar with a Paralysed Man and an Insane Man Brought for Cure, Etching

A baroque etching of a church interior with a tall altar topped by a monstrance, flanked by candles. Above, a radiant figure rises on clouds between winged putti, while in the foreground a figure lies on the ground and a crowd of onlookers presses toward the altar. Fine engraved lines define the architecture and draped figures.

Artist
Jean Le Pautre
Date
[between 1600 and 1699]
Medium
Etchings
Source
Wellcome Collection
Size
2832 × 4000 px
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Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Wellcome Collection. Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)

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