The Crucifixion, ca. 1495, Oil on wood, Overall 21 x 15 in. (53.3 x 38.1 cm); painted surface 20 5/8 x 14 3/4 in. (52.5 x 37.5 cm), Paintings, Gerard David (Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges), In this poignant image, the Crucifixion is presented as an enactment of the written word due to the inclusion of Saint Jerome. The Church Father is shown as somewhat detached from the event at hand, but reading about it from his translation of the Bible
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Crucifixion, ca, 1495, Oil, wood, Overall 21 x 15, 53.3 38.1 cm, painted surface 20 5/8 14 3/4, 52.5 37.5, Paintings, Gerard David, Netherlandish, Oudewater ca., 1455–1523, Bruges, poignant image, presented, enactment, written word due, inclusion, Saint Jerome, Church Father, shown, somewhat detached, event, hand, reading, translation, Bible
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