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Description

Unfolding before us like a cartoon strip are eighteen scenes from the life of Christ. The painting thus becomes a visual résumé of Christian redemption: the salvation of mankind through the death and resurrection of God’s son. It begins at top left with the Annunciation and the Nativity and finishes at bottom right with the Crucifixion and the Resurrection.

Scenes from the life of Christ

c. 1435

Accession Number

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Medium

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Dimensions

support: height 110.1 cm x width 173.3 cm x height 33 cm x width 27.5 cm

Classification

Painting

Museum

Rijksmuseum

Amsterdam, Netherlands