Seven Sorrows Crucifixion

Albrecht Durer

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Seven Sorrows: Crucifixion
Albrecht Dürer
oil on panel
(63 × 45 cm) 
1495-1496
Museum Gemäldegalerie Alte Meister, Dresden


Part of Dürer's series on The Seven Sorrows of Mary. Jesus hangs on the cross, Mary Magdalene kneels at his feet. Next to her is a scull, a symbol to indicate that this is Golgotha, the Mount of Sculls. To the left are Mary and John the Evangelist.