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Chalices

Part of
Drinking vessels
Christian antiquities
Church plate
Liturgical objects

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Images from the collections

Images about Chalices

6 images from works
  • Is it safe? : the chalice and AIDS / Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • The crucified Christ bleeds into cups held by attending angels. Woodcut.
  • Is it safe? : the chalice and AIDS / Terrence Higgins Trust.
  • The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Annibale Carracci.
  • The arms of a man emerge from the darkness holding a silver communion cup into which a condom is about to be dropped; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention message. Lithograph by T. Kanar, 1993.
  • Is it safe? : the chalice and AIDS / Terrence Higgins Trust.

Works from the collections

6 works

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    The arms of a man emerge from the darkness holding a silver communion cup into which a condom is about to be dropped; a safe-sex and AIDS prevention message. Lithograph by T. Kanar, 1993.

    | Date: 1993 | Reference: 667473i
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    The agony of Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane. Etching.

    | Reference: 22509i
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    The crucified Christ bleeds into cups held by attending angels. Woodcut.

    | Reference: 24598i
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    The agony in the garden; the cup lies before Jesus; an angel descends to strengthen him. Etching.

    | Reference: 22894i
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    The Virgin Mary with the Christ Child and Saint John the Baptist, Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Catherine of Alexandria. Drawing by F. Rosaspina, c. 1830, after Annibale Carracci.

    Carracci, Annibale, 1560-1609. | Reference: 11783i
    Part of: La Pinacoteca della Pontificia Accademia delle Belle Arti in Bologna
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Christianity
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