De kruisiging

A circular engraving depicting the central moment of the Passion, with Christ emitting rays of divine light from his head and body. At the foot of the cross, Mary Magdalene kneels near a human skull, while the Virgin Mary and other mourning figures stand to the right and a Roman soldier stands to the left. The scene is rendered with intricate, dense cross-hatching that creates a dramatic sense of depth within the roundel format.

The inclusion of a skull at the base of the cross refers to the tradition that Golgotha was the burial place of Adam, symbolizing the redemption of humanity's original fall through Christ as the 'Second Adam.' This typological connection between the beginning and end of human history was a central theme in Renaissance natural philosophy and Christian Kabbalah.