Passiontide and Easter

Holy Week and Easter rehearse Christianity’s great exodus narrative, in which the tribulations of an enslaved people are relived in the sufferings of one man. His going through the ‘deep waters’ of death recalls the ancient Israelites’ passing through the Red Sea, and the morning of the resurrection marks the glorious dawn of liberty after captivity. These exhibitions illuminate the journey of Christ to the cross, to the dead, and into the glory of a new creation.

What Our Lord Saw from the Cross (Ce que voyait Notre-Seigneur sur la Croix) by James Tissot

The Isenheim Altarpiece; Closed altarpiece: Saint Sebastian, the Crucifixion; Saint Anthony the Great; Predella, the Lamentation on the Body of Christ by Matthias Grünewald

Crucifixion by Charlie Mackesy

Psalm 22 A Great Cry

Crucified Tree Form—The Agony by Theyre Lee-Elliott

Untitled (The Healing of Saint Thomas) by Anish Kapoor

Christ d'Assy I by Germaine Richier

Isaiah 53 Stricken, Smitten, Bruised, and Afflicted

The Carrying of the Cross by Simone Martini

Second Station. Part of The Stations of the Cross / Lema Sabachthani (series) by Barnett Newman

Christ Carrying the Cross by Jan van Hemessen

Matthew 16:24–28; Mark 8:34–9:1; Luke 9:23–27 Forfeit and Gain

Entry into Jerusalem, from T'oros Roslin Gospels by T'oros Ṙoslin

Entry to Jerusalem, from the Kebran Gospels by Unknown Ethiopian artist

The Entry into Jerusalem by Unknown artist, Egypt

Matthew 21:1–11; Mark 11:1–10; Luke 19:29–40; John 12:12–19 Christ’s Triumphal Entry

The Last Supper, from the Maestà by Duccio

Iscariot Blues by Chris Ofili

The Upper Room by Chris Ofili

Matthew 26:20–25; Mark 14:17–21; Luke 22:14, 21–24; John 13:21–30 The Apostle Judas

The Last Supper by Leonardo da Vinci

The Institution of the Eucharist by Ercole de' Roberti

The Last Supper by Sadao Watanabe

Matthew 26:26–29; Mark 14:22–25; Luke 22:15–20 The Last Supper

The Betrayal of Christ by Anthony van Dyck

The Treachery of Images (This is Not a Pipe) by René Magritte

The Betrayal of Christ by Unknown Byzantine artist

Matthew 26:47–56; Mark 14:43–52; Luke 22:47–53; John 18:1–11 The Betrayal of Christ

Vinicius Silva de Almeida [Vinicius S.A] by Rembrandt van Rijn

Tears of Saint Peter (Lagrimas de São Pedro) by Vinicius Silva de Almeida [Vinicius S.A]

The Crucifixion of Saint Peter by Michelangelo Buonarroti

Matthew 26:69–75; Mark 14:66–72; Luke 22:54–62; John 18:15–18, 25–27 Peter’s Denial of Christ

Casket, also known as the Maskell Passion Ivories by Unknown artist, Rome

Tree of Life by Mark Cazalet

The Scapegoat by William Holman Hunt

Matthew 27:1–10 The Death of Judas

The Crowning with Thorns by Anthony van Dyck

Crown of Thorns by Marcos del Carpio [attrib.]

Christ Bound and Crowned with Thorns by Andrea Solario

Matthew 27:27–31; Mark 15:16–20; John 19:1–3 The Crowning and Robing

More Exhibitions

General Resurrection from the Bamberg-Eichstätt Psalter by unknown German artist

Sarcophagus of Theodore by Unknown Italian artist

The Resurrection, Cookham by Stanley Spencer

1 Corinthians 15:35–58 Bodily Resurrection

Yellow Crucifixion by Marc Chagall

Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way (Domine, Quo Vadis?) by Annibale Carracci

The Last Judgement by The Last Judgement

1 Peter 4:12–19 Finding Meaning in Suffering

The War in Heaven (pane 7g), part of The Great East Window of York Minster

Saint Michael and the Devil by Unknown Spanish Artist

The Fall of the Rebel Angels by Pieter Bruegel the Elder

Revelation 12:7–12 War in Heaven