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Communion / Last Communion
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with two representations of the Roman Catholic sacrament of the Eucharist. Above: men and women kneeling to receive Holy Communion. A priest gives a man the host. Below: a dying man is administered the last communion or Viaticum by a priest. Around the bed the family members and household members of the dying person kneel.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineCommunie / Laatste communie. 1722. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
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