Netherlands: 'The Crucifixion'. Oil on panel painting by Jacob Cornelisz van Oostsanen (c. 1472/1477-1533), c. 1507-1510. In this famous scene from the New Testament of the Christian Bible, Jesus Christ is crucified. He is nailed to a cross inscribed with the initials ˉINRIˇIesus Nazerenus, Rex Iudaeorumˇ, meaning ˉJesus of Nazareth, King of the Jewsˇsignifying the Romansˇ ridicule of Him. Angels fly nearby, collecting Jesusˇ blood in their goblets. At the foot of the cross, richly dressed and with a halo around her flowing golden hair, Mary Magdalene prays.