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 Bible Art

Crucifixion
Artist: Gabriel Metsu
 1660    Painting

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Metsu, who like Vermeer was Catholic, borrowed the youth’s pose from the Pietà. In the final phase of his career (he died at 38), he painted large religious scenes. One of them is this dark, phantasmagorial crucifixion that pales in comparison to his genre paintings.

Crucifixion
Artist: Hans von Tubingen
 1430    Painting

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The impenitent thief is a man described in the New Testament account of the Crucifixion of Jesus. In the Gospel narrative, two bandits are crucified alongside Jesus. In the first two Gospels (Matthew and Mark), they both join the crowd in mocking him. In the version of the Gospel of Luke, however, one taunts Jesus about not saving himself and them, and the other (known as the penitent thief) asks for mercy.