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A man, Jesus, is nailed to a cross by his hands and feet and is flanked by groups of about a dozen people to each side, all against a hilly, deep landscape in this horizontal painting. All the people have peachy, nearly golden skin, and their clothing is mostly vibrant yellow, red, blue, and purple. The horizon comes about two-thirds of the way up this composition and crosses behind Jesus’s waist, so the top half of his body and the cross are silhouetted against the ice-blue sky. Eyes closed, Jesus’s head hangs by his shoulder, to our left. Blood drips from the nails driven through his…

The Crucifixion

Benvenuto di Giovanni (Sienese, 1436 - before 1517)

probably 1491 · tempera on panel

National Gallery of Art · Samuel H. Kress Collection

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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