Crucifixion is a method of capital punishment and torture in which the condemned is tied or nailed to a large wooden cross, beam, or stake, and usually left to hang until eventual death, which could t
Depiction of Jesus Christ's crucifixion alongside the penitent thief and the impenitent thief. (Christian art, 15th-century Strasbourg)
Gabriel von Max's 1866 painting Martyress depicts a crucified young woman and a young man laying flowers at her feet
1st century calcaneum (heel bone) with a nail
A 19th century depiction of the crucifixion of Spendius and other rebel leaders by the Carthaginians after the Battle of the Saw in 238 BCE
Jesus was put to death by crucifixion, being nailed to an instrument made by the Romans for capital punishment, commonly named as a cross. The instrument of crucifixion is taken to be an upright woode
Crucifixion
…parts of the world in connection with cases of murder, war crimes, and genocide. The Roman practice is the most prominent historical example due to the crucifixion of Jesus Christ, which became central to Christianity and is represented globally through the Christian cross and the crucifix. Other Christian figures are traditionally…
Christ Crucified (c. 1632) by Diego Velázquez
A depiction of the Raising of the Cross, by Sebastiano Mazzoni, 17th century, Ca' Rezzonico
Bronzino's depiction of the crucifixion with three nails, no ropes, and a hypopodium standing support, c. 1545
Christ on the Cross between two thieves. Illumination from the Vaux Passional, 16th century