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GOES, Hugo van der: Crucifixion

🖼 Crucifixion, c. 1470
Oil on panel
Venice, Italy

Stark anguish dominates this Flemish panel: Christ's twisted body hangs central, flanked by mourning figures rendered in jewel-toned robes against gold leaf. Van der Goes captures raw emotional intensity through exaggerated gestures and luminous detail, establishing him as a master of devotional pathos in fifteenth-century Northern Europe.

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