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During the Counter Reformation, the production of Catholic imagery increased. Coral was a popular symbol of Christ's blood. This shrine from circa 1600 might have held a figure of the Virgin Mary before it was replaced by St. Joseph and the child Jesus.
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© Photo by L. de Guise courtesy of the Victoria and Albert Museum.