Artist: Alessandro Algardi (design)

Date: 1650

 

• The relief in the center is the Crucifixion of Jesus. This story is found in the Bible in Matthew 26:46, Mark 14:43, Luke 22:47, and John 18:3. In contrast to Abraham's failed sacrifice of Isaac, God the Father gives the sacrifice of his Son Jesus

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• The prophet in the upper center is Hosea

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