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Ecclesiastical penance
From the collection of Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Free to download, adapt and use — no permission needed.
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Sheet with six depictions concerning penance in the Roman Catholic Church. Top left: Penitents present themselves to the bishop. Top right: The bishop gives the penitents a cloak of horsehair. Middle left: The penitents are expelled from the church. Middle right: The penitents kneel at the church door with their extinguished candles. Bottom left: The penitents are led into the church by the hand. Bottom right: The penitents kneel as the litanies are sung. Numbered top right: No. 47.
Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam’s own descriptionCredit lineKerkelijke penitentie. 1722. Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Public domain.
