# The Crucifixion

- By: Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (Oostzaan, ca. –ca.)
- Date: c. 1507 - c. 1510
- Medium: panel, oil paint (paint)
- Classification: painting
- Dimensions: support: height 105 cm x width 88.4 cm x height 105 cm x width 86.5 cm
- Credit line: Purchased with the support of the Vereniging Rembrandt
- Museum: [Rijksmuseum](https://www.rijksmuseum.nl/en/collection/object/SK-A-1967--e2d33e3500c70a2cabdd25004dfe5e23)
- Rights: [Public Domain Mark](http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)
- Picture: https://iiif.micr.io/pGPeq/full/!1920,1080/0/default.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

For his depiction of Golgotha, the mountain on which Christ was crucified, the artist chose a high viewpoint. In doing so, he created a vast landscape in which to represent successive episodes of the Passion of Christ simultaneously. This narrative convention was often used in medieval painting.