Passio Christi (Passion of Christ)

Holding the cross, Christ sits nude upon a stone, his head crowned with thorns, and looks in the direction of the distant figure of a Christian Man. The man is guided toward Christ by the female personification of Obedience to God, who holds aloft the tablets inscribed with the Ten Commandments. From heaven, the radiant personification of Charity stares down at the man. Charity takes the form of a mother surrounded by children. Scenes from the Passion of Christ, showing his suffering and death on the cross, interspersed with symbols of his virtues, appear in the wide frame enclosing the central allegory.