This 18th century artwork is The Allegory of the Precious Blood by Mexican Baroque artist Miguel Cabrera. It can be found in the Templo de San Francisco Javier in Tepotzotlan, Mexico.
This extremely large artwork is oil on canvas It is 23 feet 9 inches tall and 17 feet 7 inches wide.
The image depicts Our Lord as the fountain of salvation and His Precious Blood as providing a river of redemption. The banner refers to Psalm 130:7 stating that with Him there is plentiful redemption. On the left one sees Our Lady and St. Peter guiding and protecting a soul on its way toward salvation. The lower portion shows souls in purgatory.
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