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Sculptural detail, Altarpiece of the Virgin of the Stars, Cathedral of St Mary, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain

Sculptural detail of Jesus in Hell offering redemption to Adam and Eve, from the altarpiece of the Virgin of the Stars, on the main altar, 1351, by an unknown artist, with Italian influence, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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Sculptural detail of Jesus in Hell offering redemption to Adam and Eve, from the altarpiece of the Virgin of the Stars, on the main altar, 1351, by an unknown artist, with Italian influence, in the Cathedral of St Mary, designed by Benito Dalguayre in Catalan Gothic style and begun 1347 on the site of a Romanesque cathedral, consecrated 1447 and completed in 1757, Tortosa, Catalonia, Spain. The cathedral has 3 naves with chapels between the buttresses and an ambulatory with radial chapels. Picture by Manuel Cohen