The Isenheim Altarpiece, with its gruesome details of Christ's flesh wounds, originally hung in:
A. a hospital for patients with skin disease.
B. the Duke of Berry's castle.
C. the pope's private library in the Vatican.
D. a catacomb.
E. None of these answers is correct.
A
It was believed that the patients of this hospital could identify with Christ's suffering and thus increase their faith.
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