The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John

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Artist
Hendrick ter Brugghen
Year
ca. 1624–25
Medium
Oil on canvas
Public Domain Metropolitan Museum of Art

The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John by Hendrick ter Brugghen is a powerful Utrecht Caravaggist composition depicting the emotional climax of the Passion. Ter Brugghen was a leading member of the Utrecht Caravaggisti, Dutch painters who traveled to Rome and brought Caravaggio’s revolutionary chiaroscuro technique back to the Netherlands.