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Martin Schongauer

The Passion: Christ on the Cross

c. 1480
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FROM THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART’S CATALOG

The skull that lies on the ground behind Saint John alludes to the Golgotha, the site of Christ's crucifixion, also believed to be the place where Adam died.

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