1503 (ca.), Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino), The Mond Crucifixion -- National Gallery (London)
From the museum label: The lithe body of Christ is suspended on a tall, slender cross in a misty dawn landscape. The Sun and Moon on either side symbolise the eclipse that occurred at his death. Angels catch his blood in chalices, similar to those used for the wine of the Mass. The letters I.N.R.I. stand for the Latin lesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews). The Virgin and John the Evangelist catch our eye, wringing their hands in discrete sorrow. Kneeling are Mary Magdalene and Saint Jerome, the early Christian theologian who translated the Bible into Latin, and the sole character depicted who was not at the Crucifixion. This was the altarpiece for a burial chapel dedicated to Jerome in San Domenico, Città di Castello.
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1503 (ca.), Raphael (Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino), The Mond Crucifixion -- National Gallery (London)
From the museum label: The lithe body of Christ is suspended on a tall, slender cross in a misty dawn landscape. The Sun and Moon on either side symbolise the eclipse that occurred at his death. Angels catch his blood in chalices, similar to those used for the wine of the Mass. The letters I.N.R.I. stand for the Latin lesus Nazarenus Rex Iudaeorum (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews). The Virgin and John the Evangelist catch our eye, wringing their hands in discrete sorrow. Kneeling are Mary Magdalene and Saint Jerome, the early Christian theologian who translated the Bible into Latin, and the sole character depicted who was not at the Crucifixion. This was the altarpiece for a burial chapel dedicated to Jerome in San Domenico, Città di Castello.
Link to other Raphael paintings