# Christ on the Cross between Mary and St John [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [ALTDORFER, Albrecht]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Limewood, 102 x 116 cm ## Commentary Christ on the Cross between Mary and St John c. 1512 Limewood, 102 x 116 cm Staatliche Museen, Kassel Keeling in prayer beneath the cross are the tiny figures of the unknown couple who donated this crucifixion panel, which would have hung above the family tomb in a Regensburg church or cloister. At the foot of the cross, where in other such works one finds the skull of Adam, said to have been buried at Golgotha and whose sins Christ atones for by his death, is their coat of arms, with a hexagram. On either side of Christ, who is represented not in an idealised manner but with the signs of his injuries, the landscape stretches away into the far distance. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 3 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/15\_cent/dufay\_easter.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Guillaume Dufay: Hymn for Easter</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Christ in the Garden of Gethsemane]() - [Christ on the Cross between Mary and St John \(detail\)]() - [Christ on the Cross \(detail\)]() - [Christ on the Cross \(detail\)]() - [Christ on the Cross]() - [Christ Taking Leave of His Mother]() - [Communion of the Apostles]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Danubian Landscape]() - [Diptych]() - [Landscape]() - [Landscape with Path]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()