The Trinity Adored by All Saints: Detail, the Crucifixion

This small section of the altarpiece nevertheless presents every imaginable object or implement involved in the Passion. I am guessing that the two standing garments are the one over which the soldiers cast lots (Matthew 27:35) and the one in which Jesus was buried. From left to right we also see

• the nails held in a disembodied hand
• the pillar at which Jesus was scourged, surmounted by the crown of thorns
• the spear that pierced his side, flanked by two cudgels
• the sponge on a pole
• the tongs for removing the nails
• the ladder used to take Jesus down after his death
• an axe, hammer, and bucket below Veronica's veil, below which is the rooster that crowed when St. Peter denied knowing Jesus
• a tuba and shofar.

The crucifixion scene is typical of the late medieval. The thieves twist in agony, their arms pinioned behind the crosspieces. Jesus has died and his arms sag from the weight of his body. Blood flows from the five wounds, and a symbolic pelican in the nest above revives its young with its own blood.

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Photographed at the Metropolitan Museum by Richard Stracke, shared under Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike license.