Mary, with the Christ Child on her lap, appears to Christian slaves, still in chains but already rescued by the Trinitarians, whose ships one sees in the background. A Trinitarian, perhaps St. John of Matha, intercedes for them with Mary, who hands them the scapular with the Maltese cross, the emblem of the Order. Below left, the coat of arms of Father Louis Petit, the superior of the Order of the Holy Trinity in Paris. According to the two-line French caption, the painting with this representation is located in the Mathurine Monastery of the Order of the Holy Trinity in Paris., Mary as Our

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