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This painting is so crowded it takes a while to understand everything that is happening, but the nuns for whom it was probably made must have had plenty of time to examine the details. It is the central panel of a triptych (a painting made up of three parts) painted around 1510, probably for the convent of Koningsveld near Delft. We see the story of Christ’s crucifixion. In the centre, Christ hangs from the Cross between the two thieves who were executed alongside him, while Mary Magdalene gazes up from the base. On the left are the Virgin Mary and Saint John with several grieving women; facing them on horseback is Roman governor Pontius Pilate, who ordered Christ’s execution. The patron, dressed in a white habit, kneels in the bottom left corner.
Title
The Crucifixion: Central Panel
Date
about 1510
Medium
Oil with some egg tempera on oak
Measurements
H 98.2 x W 105 cm
Accession number
NG2922.1
Acquisition method
Presented by Earl Brownlow, 1913
Work type
Painting
