Crucifixion, Central panel from The Triptych of Jan Crabbe, c.1470

The Triptych of Jan Crabbe: The Crucifixion, by Hans Memling (circa 1430-1494). Artwork-location: Vicenza, Museo Civico Palazzo Chiericati. The inner wings are owned by Morgan Library & Museum; the outer wings are in the Groeningemuseum in Bruges, Belgium. The altarpiece was commissioned by Jan Crabbe, Abbot of the Cistercian monastery of Ten Duinen, near Bruges, Belgium. The central panel: the crucifixion of Christ, with the Virgin Mary, St. John the Evangelist, and St. Mary Magdalene to the left of the cross. Kneeling to the right of the cross is Jan Crabbe, accompanied by his name-saint St. John the Baptist and St. Bernard of Clairvaux, the founder of the Cistercian order.