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BALDUNG GRIEN, Hans: Crucifixion

🖼 Crucifixion, 1512
Linden panel
152 × 104 cm
Berlin, Germany

Dramatic light fractures a crowded crucifixion scene, with Christ's body central amid writhing figures rendered in Baldung Grien's characteristic angular, expressionist line. This woodcut exemplifies Northern Renaissance intensity, blending Gothic emotion with Renaissance composition to create visceral spiritual anguish.

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E. H. Gombrich
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