Eighteenth-Century Passion of Jesus Christ

La quarantaine sacrée aux souffrances de J.C. ou la passion de notre seigneur Jesus-Christ representée par XLVI images avec de courtes reflexions pour ranimer la piété.
Augsburg: Joseph Sebastian and Johann Baptist Klauber, 1788.
(BRE0049)

The Klauber firm also published this book of brief reflections on the Passion, illustrated with forty-six engraved plates and an allegorical frontispiece. This extended series begins in the Garden of Olives and proceeds to the burial of Jesus. The detailed images include lines of text depicting words spoken by the illustrated figures, such as the dialog between Jesus and God.

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Reflections on the Passion
Eighteenth-Century Passion of Jesus Christ