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CRANACH, Lucas the Elder: Crucifixion

🖼 Crucifixion, 1503
Pine panel
138 × 99 cm
Munich, Germany

Rendered in crisp Northern detail, Christ hangs centered above a landscape where tiny figures gather in ritual grief. Cranach's stark woodcut-like forms and jewel-bright palette transformed German religious art, establishing the visual language of Protestant Reformation imagery.

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