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  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ. Line engraving by G. Sadeler after J. Palma the elder.
  • Saint Carlo Borromeo. Line engraving by F. Spagnoli after C. Belgiojoso.
  • Roman soldiers beat Christ before the high priest. Line engraving by J. Sadeler, 1589, after C. Schwartz.
  • Christ washes the feet of the apostles. Etching by R. Stang after J.F. Overbeck, 1847.
  • The mocking and flagellation of Christ; he is crowned with thorns and beaten with sticks. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Carracci.
  • The binding and flagellation of Christ. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after L. Carracci.
  • A female figure in an attitude of respectful piety. Drawing, c. 1794.
  • Christ lies on the ground, beaten and mocked. Etching by L. Simonneau after himself.
  • The flagellation of Christ. Etching by H. Nüsser after J.F. Overbeck, 1843.
  • Christ tells the apostles that to be as humble as a child makes one the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Etching by A. Pflugfelder after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.
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  • view Saint Mary Magdalen anoints Christ's feet at the meal of Simon the Pharisee. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck.
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    Saint Mary Magdalen anoints Christ's feet at the meal of Simon the Pharisee. Etching by F.A. Ludy after J.F. Overbeck.

    Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869 | Reference: 23556i
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    Christ washes the feet of the apostles; Mary Magdalene washes Christ's feet; a farmer washes his cattle's feet. Engraving.

    | Date: 1829 | Reference: 22868i
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    The necessity of humiliation: a sermon, preached at St. John's Chapel, in the city of Bath, on the 13th of December, 1776, ̀̀being the day appointed by Proclamation for a General Fast and Humiliation before Almighty God, for obtaining Pardon of Our Sins, and for averting those heavy Judgments, which Our manifold Provocations have most justly deserved.'' By the Rev. Charles Steuart Eccles, Rector of Birts-Morton, in Worcestershire.

    Eccles, Charles Steuart, -1777. | Date: [1776]
  • view Christ washes the feet of the apostles. Etching by R. Stang after J.F. Overbeck, 1847.
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    Christ washes the feet of the apostles. Etching by R. Stang after J.F. Overbeck, 1847.

    Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869 | Date: 1847 | Reference: 23573i
  • view Christ tells the apostles that to be as humble as a child makes one the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Etching by A. Pflugfelder after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.
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    Christ tells the apostles that to be as humble as a child makes one the greatest in the kingdom of heaven. Etching by A. Pflugfelder after J.F. Overbeck, 1846.

    Overbeck, Johann Friedrich, 1789-1869 | Date: 1846 | Reference: 23562i
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