The Crucifixion



Stone, wood, fresco
S aisle of main church, Monasterio de las Huelgas, Burgos, Spain

For the use of a painted cityscape behind a sculptured crucifixion, see also the later Crucifixion in the Chapel of the High Constable in the Burgos Cathedral. Unlike the latter, the Huelgas fresco gives the background city an orientalized look with an Islami half-moon ornament on one of the many domes.

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Photographed on site by Richard Stracke.