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JEB4859779: The Deploration of Christ (Lamentation of the Dead Christ), detail. Among the characters represented: Joseph of Arimathea and Nicodemus hold the shroud, Saint John supports the Virgin Mary who faints, Saint Mary Magdalene heals the wounds of Jesus with ointment and Saint Francis of Assisi recognizable by his stigmata. Most of them have tears on their cheeks and cry. In the background, the city of Avignon. Anonymous painting from the Avignon school, undated. altarpiece. Oil on wood. Collegiate Church of Pignans, Var. / Bridgeman Images
XJF147337: The Angel, holding the Keys of Hell, enchains the Devil, in the shape of a Dragon, in the Pit, from a Commentary upon the Apocalypse by the Asturian monk Beatus of Liebana, c.776, illustration from 'Science and Literature in the Middle Ages and the Renaissance', written and engraved by Paul Lacroix, 1878 (engraving) (b/w photo), Spanish School, (12th century) (after) / Bridgeman Images