Roque de Balduque, The Cáceres Altarpiece: The Descent from the Cross and The Resurrection

1547-71
Cáceres Cathedral, Cáceres, Spain

In the lower left the Virgin Mary swoons, apparently a detail of Balduque's own invention. Flanking the entire upper register are four angels with some of the instruments of the Passion.

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