Palestine - Ruines de l’Eglise des Sept Douleurs a Jerusalem (Plate 49) (Ruins of the Church of the Seven Sorrows in Jerusalem)

Artist	Leon Gaucherel (1816-1886)
Engraver	Augustin Francois Lemaitre (1797-1870)
Date	1845
Technique	Copper Engraving
Category	Uncategorized
Source	Palestine, Description Geographique, Historique et Archeologique par S.Munk, Firmin Didot Freres, Editeurs, Paris

Description

Ruins of a church attributed to the "Seven Sorrows" of Mary, symbolic of Christian grief and passion. The crumbling arches and tower evoke medieval crusader architecture.

Church, Ruin, Sorrow, Jerusalem, Crusader