About the Image: This is a stunning monument dedicated to Saint John of Capistrano (or János Kapisztran) located outside the St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna, Austria. The statue is rich with iconography and symbolism, and its location near such a prominent cathedral underscores Saint John's significance to the Catholic Church...
Details: This small, gold-ground panel—most likely a fragment of a larger altarpiece—layers several episodes from Christ's Crucifixion at Golgotha (in Hebrew, "the place of the skull"). These are rendered in poignant detail and include the soldier piercing Christ's side with a lance, the group of antagonists gambling to...
Details: The central scene of this painted, gilded wooden triptych shows Christ's Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane on the eve of his Crucifixion, based on a print by the German Master A. G. Christ prays to God the Father while the apostles Peter, John the Evangelist, and James sleep...
