De kruisiging

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De kruisiging

Creator

Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen

Dutch painter and designer of woodcuts (before 1470-1533) · 1472–1533

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Date
c. 1507 - c. 1510
Medium
panel, oil paint (paint)
Culture
Amsterdam
Institution
Rijksmuseum

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.

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