The Women at the Cross (fragment)

Master Francke's fragment depicting the Women at the Cross, painted around 1435, preserves part of what was originally a larger Crucifixion scene. This fragment reveals Francke's ability to convey intense emotional grief through the faces and gestures of the mourning women at Calvary Egg tempera on panel was the dominant technique of the period, demanding careful layer-by-layer construction and patient craftsmanship.

The fragment displays Francke's expressive figure painting, with the mourning women's faces rendered with the emotional directness and refined technique that characterize his contribution to North German devotional art.