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Condition: Good. Mezzotint on old laid paper. Very large format. 73 x 50cm. Léon de Laborde," Histoire de la Gravure en Manière Noire," pp. 255-257.Christopher Elias Heiss (1660-1731) was a German painter from Memmingen, Swabia.Born in 1660 (although many books sources claim 1670 or even 1760), he painted portraits well, he was mostly distinguished by his mezzotints, which he executed on an uncommonly large scale, some of his plates being three feet high and two feet wide Very rare.The image provided by the liturgical action, of the Spotless Lamb on the Altar, comes from the Apocalypse, but the verbal formula used go back to the Gospels, where the Baptist bestows upon Our Lord the title "Agnus Dei", Lamb of God. At the River Jordan, he says "Ecce Agnus Dei qui tollit peccatum mundi", referring in the singular to the sin of the whole world. In the Liturgy, the response of the faithful is "Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldst come under my roof, but speak the word only, and my soul shall be heald". Here, they are echoing the words of the Centurion in Matthew 8 who responds to Jesus' promise to heal with "Lord, I am not worthy that thou shouldest come under my roof: but speak the word only, and my servant shall be healed.".