Victor Bourgeau and Henri Bouriché
The Altarpiece at Notre-Dame de Montréal: Detail, Statue of Aaron

Circa 1875
Pine (statues)
Basilica of Notre-Dame de Montréal

As high priest, Aaron is shown sacrificing a lamb, taken to refer typologically to the sacrifice of Christ in the Crucifixion and in the Mass, which takes place beneath this statue.

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Photographed at the Basilica of Notre-Dame de Montréal by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.