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Gold-background painting of the Crucifixion: Christ centered on a cross, two crucified figures beside him, grieving women in robes at lower left, and mounted soldiers at right.

The Crucifixion, tempera and gold leaf panel

A gold-ground panel showing Christ crucified at center, flanked by two thieves on crosses. Below, the grieving Virgin Mary in a blue mantle is supported by women in orange and red robes, while armored soldiers and horsemen crowd the right foreground.

Artist
Pietro Lorenzetti
Date
1340s
Medium
Tempera and gold leaf on wood
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2928 × 3872 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1349).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift and Gwynne Andrews Fund, 2002

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