Fresco - Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines - La Brigue

Christ descending to hell, with Christ, followed by Dimas the good thief, meeting Adam, Eve, John the Baptist and others at the gates of hell, with demons attacking from the battlements, by Giovanni Canavesio, 1450-1500, detail from the fresco cycle of the Passion of Christ and Last Judgement, 15th century, by Giovanni Canavesio and Giovanni Baleison, in the Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Fontaines or Shrine of Our Lady of the Fountains, near La Brigue, Alpes-Maritimes, Provence-Alpes-Cote d'Azur, France. The catholic sanctuary chapel was built in the 13th century and enlarged in the 1490s, when the dukes of Savoy commissioned the paintings. It is listed as a historic monument. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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