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Saints / Cycles / Prints / (circa), Annus Dierus Sanctorum (Joseph Sebastian and Johann Baptist Klauber after Gottfried Bernhard Göz) / February
Saints / Saints A - Z / Porphyrius of Gaza / Life / Visionin the church of the Holy Sepulchre of Christ instructing him to bear the cross

Further details

According to the Life of St Porphyrius by the deacon Mark, Christ first commands the Good Thief to descend from his cross and heal Porphyrius from a grave illness, before personally descending. Here, the Good Thief is emphasised, but he is crucified and not standing next to Porphyrius

Artist or creator

Klauber, Joseph Sebastian (c1700-1768) after
Göz, Gottfried Bernhard (1708-1774)

Date

1750 (circa)

Location

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Book, text or document (source of image)

unknown author. Annus Dierum Sanctorum. Augsburg. 1750 (circa).
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