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The central panel depicts the Virgin Mary with a sword piercing her heart, supporting the dead Christ while flanked by two torch-bearing angels. Surrounding this are fifteen smaller compartments containing the 'Arma Christi,' including angels holding the cross, the scourging pillar, and the ladder, as well as narrative scenes like the Kiss of Judas. The top panels feature the sun and moon, symbolizing the cosmic eclipse occurring during the Crucifixion.

As a work by Aegidius Sadeler, a leading figure at the court of Rudolf II in Prague, this print represents the intersection of high-mannerist art and the 'Ars Memoriae' (Art of Memory) tradition. The systematic arrangement of sacred objects (Arma Christi) served as a mnemonic device for spiritual meditation, mirroring the era's intellectual interest in emblematic and hermetic symbolism.