Subject

Crucifix

Allegory of the Catholic Faith — Johannes Vermeer

Crucifix is a subject in art. The gallery holds 86 works in this subject in art, including works by Titian, Paolo Veronese and Georges de La Tour.

A crucifix (from the Latin cruci fixus meaning '(one) fixed to a cross') is a cross with an image of Jesus on it, as distinct from a bare cross. The representation of Jesus himself on the cross is referred to in English as the corpus (Latin for 'body').

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