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VERONESE, Paolo: Crucifixion

🖼 Crucifixion, 1580s
Oil on canvas
305 × 165 cm
Venice, Italy

Towering figures converge around Christ's cross in sweeping diagonal composition, rendered with Veronese's characteristic luminous color and theatrical spatial depth. This late-sixteenth-century altarpiece exemplifies Counter-Reformation intensity, transforming religious tragedy into grand visual spectacle that commands emotional engagement from Venetian worshippers.

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E. H. Gombrich
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