The Crucifixion
The road to Calvary, the cross, and the grief of the Deposition and the Pietà — the death of Christ as rendered by Grünewald, Michelangelo and Caravaggio.
10 moments in this segment.
- — The Lamentation. The dead Christ is mourned, in Giotto's fresco where even the angels weep, at Padua. (Giotto, c. 1305)
- — The Descent from the Cross. Christ's body is lowered from the cross, in Rogier van der Weyden's grief-stricken masterpiece in the Prado. (Rogier van der Weyden, c. 1435)
- — The Crucifixion. Christ is crucified between two thieves, in Andrea Mantegna's stark predella panel. (Andrea Mantegna, c. 1459)
- — The Dead Christ. Mantegna's radically foreshortened dead Christ lies before the viewer, one of art's boldest images. (Andrea Mantegna, c. 1480)
- — The Pietà. The Virgin cradles her dead son, in Michelangelo's marble Pietà in Saint Peter's Basilica. (Michelangelo, 1499)
- — The Isenheim Crucifixion. Grünewald's harrowing, disease-ravaged Christ, painted for a hospital chapel, is one of the most powerful of all Crucifixions. (Matthias Grünewald, c. 1515)
- — Christ Carrying the Cross. Christ bears the cross to Golgotha through a jeering crowd, in Bosch's nightmarish faces. (Hieronymus Bosch, c. 1515)
- — Veronica's Veil. On the road to Calvary, Veronica wipes Christ's face and his image is left on the cloth, in El Greco's canvas. (El Greco, c. 1580)
- — The Entombment. Christ is laid in the tomb, in Caravaggio's monumental altarpiece now in the Vatican. (Caravaggio, c. 1603)
- — Velázquez's Christ Crucified. Velázquez painted a serene, solitary Christ against darkness, one of Spain's most revered images. (Diego Velázquez, c. 1632)
