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Three Angels with Instruments of the Passion

Above, an angel, kneeling with his right knee upon clouds, points at something with his right hand, his arm crossing his breast and holding in his lowered left hand the Crown of Thorns. Below, at left, an angel with the scourges, carrying them like walking sticks in either hand; on his back the wash basin. At right stands a similar one with the column of the flagellation. Framing line.

Credit: Museum purchase through gift of various donors and from Eleanor G. Hewitt Fund

1820-1850
Graphite, impressed lines on paper
1938-88-8046
Image and text © Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, 2020

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