Crucifixion
Masaccio · 1426
Why it's great
Christ hangs on the cross while Mary and John grieve below, and Mary Magdalene kneels with her arms thrown wide. Masaccio painted it around 1426, and the figures have real weight and shadow, a new way of painting that changed art in Florence. He died at only 26.
Where to see it
📍 Museo di CapodimonteNaples, Italy
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Masaccio was an Italian painter, born in 1401, whose nickname means clumsy Tom. He was one of the first painters to paint people with real weight and shadow, which was a big step forward in Renaissance art, and he died young, in Rome in 1428.
