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DAVID, Gerard: The Crucifixion

🖼 The Crucifixion, c. 1495
Oil on wood
53 × 38 cm
New York, United States

Rendered in jewel-like colors, two donors kneel beneath Christ's cross while saints populate a luminous landscape. David's meticulous technique and spiritual intimacy exemplify Flemish devotional painting's power to merge divine tragedy with personal faith.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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