The Communion by Alphonse Legros (1865)

Priest in red vestments gives communion to a kneeling woman at a draped altar, with monks and worshippers in a dim church int

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The painting by Alphonse Legros, dated 1865, shows a priest in red vestments administering communion at an altar draped in white linen. A kneeling woman in dark clothing receives the host, while a red-robed kneeling figure and two white-and-black habited men stand or kneel nearby, with a dim crowd of worshippers behind them in a shadowed church interior lit by a tall candle.

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1865

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