Michelangelo Unterberger
The Death of Christ

1751
Cathedral of St. Stephen, Vienna, Austria

Angels lift up the cross while Christ points to the wound in his side, an indication of the sacrificial death by which he has atoned for the sins of mankind. The Holy Spirit above completes the by now traditional iconography of the Trinity.

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Photographed at the cathedral by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.