To: AnAmericanMother
#33, then. Apparently, Grunewald accomplished his goal.
29 posted on
03/06/2023 8:49:36 AM PST by
Hebrews 11:6
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To: Hebrews 11:6
Yes. The very elaborate altarpiece was commissioned for the Monastery of St. Antony, patron against St. Antony’s Fire (ergotism). They cared for individuals with plague, ergotism, and other skin diseases. Christ was portrayed covered with plague-sores in sympathy with the guests of the monastery.
37 posted on
03/06/2023 1:55:35 PM PST by
AnAmericanMother
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