The Gospel Cycle
The Crucifixion in Painting
The cross itself and what follows it: the descent, the lamentation, the Pieta and the entombment.
50 paintings of Christ, dated 1460–1903. Painters with the most works here: Tintoretto (4), Paolo Veronese (3) and Albrecht Durer (2).
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Showing 1–48 of 50 works.
The Dead Christ with the Virgin and St. Mary MagdaleneAgnolo BronzinoFrom$350
Crucifixion scene, Christ on the Cross with Mary and JohnAlbrecht AltdorferFrom$350
Lamentation for ChristAlbrecht DurerFrom$350
Lamentation of ChristAlbrecht DurerFrom$350
The Dead Christ (Lamentation of Christ)Andrea MantegnaFrom$350
The Lamentation of ChristAndrea SolarioFrom$350
The Dead Christ Mourned (The Three Maries)Annibale CarracciFrom$350
The Lamentation of ChristAnthony van DyckFrom$350
The Dead Christ Supported by an AngelAntonello da MessinaFrom$350
Lamentation over the Dead ChristBernardo StrozziFrom$350
Entombment of ChristCaravaggioFrom$350
Crucifixion of Jesus ChristCarl WenigFrom$350
The deposition of ChristDirck van BaburenFrom$350
The Lamentation of ChristDirk BoutsFrom$350
Lamentation over the Dead ChristDomenico FiasellaFrom$350
The Dead Christ with AngelsEdouard ManetFrom$350
The Entombment of ChristEl GrecoFrom$360
The Entombment of ChristEugene DelacroixFrom$350
The Lamentation over the Dead ChristFrancesco de" Rossi (Francesco Salviati), "Cecchino"From$350
Crucified ChristFrancisco GoyaFrom$350
The Lamentation over the Body of ChristGiovanni BelliniFrom$350
The Dead Christ Supported by Two AngelsGiovanni BelliniFrom$350
The Entombment of ChristGuercinoFrom$350
Jesus Christ Crucified between St. Catherine of Alexandria and St. Julius,Guido ReniFrom$350
Diptych of The Fall of Man and The Redemption (Lamentation of Christ)Hugo van der GoesFrom$350
The Lamentation of ChristJan van HemessenFrom$350
Lamentation of ChristLeo SteelFrom$350
Deposition of ChristLorenzo LottoFrom$350
Lamentation of ChristMaerten van HeemskerckFrom$350
Lamentation on the Dead ChristMaerten van HeemskerckFrom$350
Christ on the Cross (detail from the central Crucifixion panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece)Matthias GrünewaldFrom$350
Lamentation over the Body of ChristNicolas PoussinFrom$350
The Dead Christ Supported by An Angel with Two Putti Each Supporting a CeroPalma il GiovaneFrom$350
The Lamentation over the Dead ChristPalma il GiovaneFrom$350
Lamentation over the Dead ChristPaolo VeroneseFrom$350
Deposition of ChristPaolo VeroneseFrom$350
Dead Christ Supported by Two AngelsPaolo VeroneseFrom$350
Lamentation (Christ on the Straw)Peter Paul RubensFrom$350
Lamentation of ChristPeter Paul RubensFrom$350
The Dead Christ laid down on his Shroud detail of mid to upper bodyPhilippe de ChampaigneFrom$350
The Crucifixion with Sts. Jerome and ChristopherPinturicchioFrom$360
Lamentation of ChristRogier van der WeydenFrom$350
Dead Christ with AngelsRosso FiorentinoFrom$350
Lamentation over the Dead Christ with SaintsSandro BotticelliFrom$350
Lamentation over the Dead ChristTintorettoFrom$350
Deposition of ChristTintorettoFrom$350
The Crucifixion of ChristTintorettoFrom$350
The Lamentation over the Dead Christ (Pietà)TintorettoFrom$350
The Crucifixion is the fixed centre of the cycle and the most codified image in the tradition. The cross is placed off the ground with Mary and John at its foot; the Magdalen kneels; the sky darkens; the skull of Adam sometimes lies at the base. The Deposition, the Lamentation and the Pieta are the same event a few minutes later, and painters treated them as separate subjects with their own conventions.