Christ on the Cross

About this work

This image shows a simple but striking scene: a man nailed to a cross stands at the center, his head slightly tilted. To his left, a robed figure with a halo watches solemnly, hands clasped. To his right, another haloed person stands with arms crossed, wearing a red-brown robe. Below the cross, a skull lies on the ground. The colors are flat and bright—reds, yellows, and greens—added by hand to the woodcut. The lines are bold and clean, with no shading to show depth. The figures look stiff, almost like cut-out shapes. This style comes from a technique called woodcut.