The Crucifixion, from The Large Passion

The Crucifixion, from The Large Passion

1498, published 1511 · Germany

Woodcut in black on ivory laid paper

Where they crucified him, and two other with him, on either side one, and Iesus in the middest.
JOHN 19:18 · KJV 1611 · READ THE CHAPTER

Art Institute of Chicago · Medieval (500–1500) · CC0 · Bequest of Mrs. Potter Palmer, Jr.

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