Lanfranco’s Crucifixion of Christ

Written By Brian Fletcher
The Crucifixion (1628) Giovanni Lanfranco

The Crucifixion (1628) Giovanni Lanfranco

On this Holy Saturday, the Baroque Art Accessibility Consortium takes a look at some moving and powerful pieces depicting Jesus’ Passion and Resurrection.

“The Crucifixion” (1628) by Giovanni Lanfranco is a stripped down depiction, showing only Mary, Mary Magdalene and John at the foot of the cross. Lanfranco rotated the perspective of the painting to put Mary in the foreground to emphasize her intense suffering and deep connection with Jesus on the cross.

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