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The Crucifixion With The Virgin And St. John The Evangelist

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The Crucifixion With The Virgin and St. John the Evangelist by Rogier van der Weyden, is a painting that includes the characters: Jesus, Virgin Mary and St. John. It includes two panels that relate to each other.The left panel illustrates Mary, as if falling with grief, has her hands together, and her legs bent like they have given up on her, and her body leaning backwards. St.John is also in the same panel, leaning forwards to help support Mary but his face seems distracted by the crucifixion of Jesus in the right panel.Jesus is crucified on a cross in front of a red cloth hanging over a grey stone wall. The cross is mounted on top of a mossy rocky hill accompanied by a skull and a single long bone.
The two panels are showing one scene connected

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