Crucifixion
Lucas Cranach the Elder 1472 – 1553
oil on panel (138 × 99 cm) — 1503
John 19:25 - Now there stood by the cross of Jesus his mother, and his mother's sister, Mary the wife of Cleophas, and Mary Magdalene.
To the left are the two criminals who were crucified together with Jesus (on the right). In the center are Mary and John the Evangelist.
This is an early work of Lucas Cranach's, made shortly after his Vienna period. Special about this work is that the crosses are not in line but together form a closed space, in which Mary and John are central.
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