Who painted Golgotha?

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo painted Golgotha in 1755.

What Bible passage does Golgotha depict?

Golgotha depicts the biblical scene from John 19:38-42.

Where is Golgotha located?

Golgotha is housed at Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen, Museumpark 18-20, Rotterdam.

Golgotha by Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

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Christ is still on his cross when the two criminals are taken down from theirs. In the foreground Mary has fainted. John the Evangelist, dressed in green, looks up to his dead master.

A group of men with a ladder approach. The first is Nicodemus, who had permission from Pilate to take away Christ's body.

Details

Artist: Giovanni Battista Tiepolo
Created: c. 1755
Medium: oil on canvas
Dimension: 80cm × 75cm
Passage: John 19:38-42
Housed at: Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Museumpark 18-20, Rotterdam

Found in: John, John 19, 18th century, Deposition

John 19:38-42

38 After these things, Joseph of Arimathaea, being a disciple of Jesus, but secretly for fear of the Jews, asked of Pilate that he might take away Jesus’ body. Pilate gave him permission. He came therefore and took away his body.

39 Nicodemus, who at first came to Jesus by night, also came bringing a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about a hundred Roman pounds.

40 So they took Jesus’ body, and bound it in linen cloths with the spices, as the custom of the Jews is to bury.

41 Now in the place where he was crucified there was a garden. In the garden was a new tomb in which no man had ever yet been laid.

42 Then because of the Jews’ Preparation Day (for the tomb was near at hand) they laid Jesus there.

John 19:38-42 · World English Bible

The artist

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo

1696 - 1770

Venice, Italy

Giovanni Battista Tiepolo (March 5, 1696 – March 27, 1770), also known as Gianbattista or Giambattista Tiepolo, was an Italian painter and printmaker from the Republic of Venice who painted in the "Rococo" style. He was prolific, and worked not only in Italy, but also in Germany and Spain.