Cristo na Cruz com Maria e São João (Christ on the Cross with Mary and St John) - Rogier van der Weyden

 

Cristo na Cruz com Maria e São João (Christ on the Cross with Mary and St John) - Rogier van der Weyden
Museu Kunsthistorisches, Viena, Áustria
Óleo sobre painel - 96x140 - Circa 1443-1445


Christ on the Cross with Mary and St John is a c.1443-1445 altarpiece by Rogier van der Weyden, now in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The central scene shows the Crucifixion of Jesus, with the Virgin Mary clinging to the foot of the cross, John the Evangelist comforting her and the painting's two donors kneeling to the right. On the left hand side panel is Mary Magdalene, whilst on the right side panel is St Veronica. A unified landscape background across all three panels shows Jerusalem in the distance.