The Crucifixion and Christs's Death: Longinus Piercing Christ's Side

Provoost was one of the most important artists in Bruges in the 16th Century. He made a pilgrimage to Jerusalem and probably upon return becomes a member of the Bruges Jerusalem brotherhood. He was probably a Knight in the Order of the Holy Grail.

Longinus is the name given to the unnamed Roman soldier who pierced the side of Jesus with a lance; who in medieval and some modern Christian traditions is described as a convert to Christianity. His name first appeared in the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus. The lance is called in Christianity the "Holy Lance" (lancea) and the story is related in the Gospel of John during the Crucifixion. This act is said to have created the last of the Five Holy Wounds of Christ.

This oil on panel measures height: 117 cm (46 in)  ; width: 172.5 cm (67.9 in)  and is housed in the Groeningemuseum Musea in Bruges, Belgium

This painting is oil on canvas,measures 117 x 172.5 cms | 46 x 67 3/4 ins and is housed in the Groeninge Museum in

Brugge, Belgium.