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WEYDEN, Rogier van der: Crucifixion Triptych

🖼 Crucifixion Triptych, c. 1445
Oil on oak panel (central panel) (each wing)
101 × 70 cm
Vienna, Austria

Piercing reds and golds illuminate Christ's suffering body flanked by grieving figures in meticulous oil glazes. Van der Weyden's triptych revolutionized Northern European religious art through its emotional intensity and formal perfection, establishing devotional intensity as essential to Flemish painting's spiritual power.

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