The Crucifixion With Saints
In year 1520, Joos Van Cleve painted The Crucifixion with Saints and A Donor in the Netherlands. It is now displayed at the Metropolitan Museum of Arts in New York City. It is painted with oil paint on a triptych with the dimensions of the central panel being 38 3/4 x 29 1/4 in and each wing being 39 3/4 x 12 7/8 in. The subject of the painting shows a landscape and it is showing the Virgin Mary and different Saints around Jesus who some would have not been there during the time, such a Saint Nicholas of Tolentino, Saint Anthony of Padua, Saint Catherine, and Saint John the Baptist. Brings up the question, why did Van Cleve have so many saints witnessing the crucifixion of Christ when they were not even there when it happened and some not even
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There a new movement of Renaissance art pervaded early Netherlandish art. During this time, many biblical scenes such as the Nativity and the Crucifixion were painted but none of them looked exactly like. It was very popular for the cross to being standing in the center of the painting, with the Virgin Mary, Saint John, and Mary Magdalene. However, Mary Magdalene is not pictured in The Crucifixion with Saints and A Donor. The life of Christ was a very important Christian theme in art and it is shown in the painting. The Crucifixion with Saints and A Donor not only represent the story of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, but also the whole story of salvation. Each person in the painting is somehow involved with the salvation. The Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus, and she is a very important figure in the bible. She is the reason for the birth of Christ and the beginning of his salvation. The Virgin Mary is depicted in many Joos Van Cleve’s artwork such as The Annunciation and the many different portraits of The Holy Family. In the central panel is Saint John the Evangelist who making a gesture towards Christ on the cross, pointing towards the death and resurrection. He is an important figure in the bible because he is one of the apostles that wrote one of the Gospels in the bible. Next to John the Evangelist is, one Jesus’ closest and most loyal associates Saint Peter. When standing trial before Sanhedrin, Peter denied knowing him three times. After Jesus ascended, Peter was the first publicly to preach Christianity in Jerusalem. Holding the cross looking away from Jesus representing the denying of knowing Jesus and holding the head of Saint Paul who was also one of the apostles of Jesus. For Saint Paul, is one of the main reasons for the salvation of Jesus being everlasting because he sent many letters
There a new movement of Renaissance art pervaded early Netherlandish art. During this time, many biblical scenes such as the Nativity and the Crucifixion were painted but none of them looked exactly like. It was very popular for the cross to being standing in the center of the painting, with the Virgin Mary, Saint John, and Mary Magdalene. However, Mary Magdalene is not pictured in The Crucifixion with Saints and A Donor. The life of Christ was a very important Christian theme in art and it is shown in the painting. The Crucifixion with Saints and A Donor not only represent the story of the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, but also the whole story of salvation. Each person in the painting is somehow involved with the salvation. The Virgin Mary is the mother of Jesus, and she is a very important figure in the bible. She is the reason for the birth of Christ and the beginning of his salvation. The Virgin Mary is depicted in many Joos Van Cleve’s artwork such as The Annunciation and the many different portraits of The Holy Family. In the central panel is Saint John the Evangelist who making a gesture towards Christ on the cross, pointing towards the death and resurrection. He is an important figure in the bible because he is one of the apostles that wrote one of the Gospels in the bible. Next to John the Evangelist is, one Jesus’ closest and most loyal associates Saint Peter. When standing trial before Sanhedrin, Peter denied knowing him three times. After Jesus ascended, Peter was the first publicly to preach Christianity in Jerusalem. Holding the cross looking away from Jesus representing the denying of knowing Jesus and holding the head of Saint Paul who was also one of the apostles of Jesus. For Saint Paul, is one of the main reasons for the salvation of Jesus being everlasting because he sent many letters