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 Bible Art

Crucifixion
Artist: Antonello da Messina
 1454-55    Painting

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The Crucifixion is the subject of three different paintings by the Italian Renaissance master Antonello da Messina; this  first one was completed around 1454/1455, the second and the third in 1475.

They are housed in the Brukenthal National Museum (Sibiu, Romania); the Royal Museum of Fine Arts Antwerp (Antwerp, Belgium) and in the National Gallery (London, England), respectively.

This first painting is oil on wood and measures 39 cm × 23.5 cm (15 in × 9.3 in)

Crucifixion by the Romans
Artist: Vasily Vereshchagin
 1887    Painting

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This work is linked to Matthew 27:38-44

The original size of the painting is 115.9″ x 155.9″ inches. It is currently atthe Brooklyn Museum in Brooklyn NY.