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Dark print of the Crucifixion: a glowing figure of Christ on a central cross, crowds and mounted soldiers below, two crosses on either side under a rayed sky.

Christ Crucified between the Two Thieves: The Three Crosses

An etching-style print of the Crucifixion shows Christ on the central cross, bathed in a shaft of light against a dark sky. Crowds, mounted soldiers with spears, and figures on the ground gather in the shadowed foreground, while two crucified men flank the central cross.

Artist
Rembrandt (Rembrandt van Rijn)
Date
1653
Medium
Drypoint printed on vellum
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3795 × 3305 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1653).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Gift of Felix M. Warburg and his family, 1941

Español: Cristo crucificado entre los dos ladrones: Las tres cruces

Una estampa de la Crucifixión muestra a Cristo en la cruz central, iluminado por un haz de luz contra un cielo oscuro. En primer plano, multitudes, soldados a caballo con lanzas y figuras en el suelo se reúnen entre las sombras, mientras dos hombres crucificados flanquean la cruz central.

Português: Cristo crucificado entre os dois ladrões: As três cruzes

Uma gravura da Crucificação mostra Cristo na cruz central, iluminado por um feixe de luz contra um céu escuro. No primeiro plano, multidões, soldados a cavalo com lanças e figuras no chão se reúnem entre as sombras, enquanto dois homens crucificados ladeiam a cruz central.

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