Deposition from the Cross (Fra Angelico)

"And they made his grave with the wicked

and with a rich man in his death,

although he had done no violence,

and there was no deceit in his mouth.

Yet it was the will of the LORD to bruise him;

he has put him to grief;

when he makes himself an offering for sin,

he shall see his offspring, he shall prolong his days;

the will of the LORD shall prosper in his hand;

he shall see the fruit of the travail of his soul and be satisfied;

by his knowledge shall the righteous one, my servant,

make many to be accounted righteous;

and he shall bear their iniquities.

– Isaiah 53:9-11, which is read on Good Friday.

 

Detail from a altarpiece by Blessed Fra Angelico, executed between 1432 and 1434. It is housed in the museum at San Marco, Florence.

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