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Painting of a central nude wounded figure flanked by two bearded older men in a rocky landscape, with a skull on the ground at right.

The Meditation on the Passion

A painting of three bearded older men in a rocky, ruined landscape. At center, a nude, wounded figure sits slumped on a stone block beside a column, while a skull lies on the ground at lower right. Oil and tempera on wood.

Artist
Vittore Carpaccio
Date
ca. 1490
Medium
Oil and tempera on wood
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3911 × 3184 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1495).
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, John Stewart Kennedy Fund, 1911

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