The scenes of the Passion start in the distance at the top left with Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on
Palm Sunday, passes through the town and out again to the bottom left to the
Garden of Gethsemane, through the Passion scenes in the centre of the city (
judgment of Pilate, the
Flagellation of Jesus,
Crowning with Thorns,
Ecce Homo), then follows the procession of the cross back out of the city to the bottom right, then up to the top for the crucifixion, and ending in the distance at the top right with the appearances at Emmaus and Galilee. It includes seven of the traditional 14
Stations of the Cross, but adds several scenes before and after them, and omits 7: Jesus being given his cross, two occasions when Jesus falls carrying the cross, Jesus meeting
his mother,
Veronica wiping the face of Jesus, Jesus meeting the
daughters of Jerusalem, and Jesus being stripped of his garments. The scenes are distributed in and around an idealized
Jerusalem, depicted as a walled medieval city with exotic towers topped by domes. The high "birds-eye" point of view makes
Calvary visible behind the city. Unusually, for paintings of this period, the lighting across the painting is internal, associated with the rising sun on the far right, and consistent across the painting, with areas to the rear right in the light and areas to the front left in shadow.
The chronology In order, the scenes are: == Similarities ==