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The Three Crosses
The Three Crosses is a print in etching and drypoint by the Dutch artist Rembrandt van Rijn, which depicts the crucifixion of Jesus Christ. Most of his prints are mainly in etching and this one is a drypoint with burin adjustments from the third state onwards. It is considered "one of the most dynamic prints ever made".
The subject is Jesus Christ on the cross, flanked by the two thieves who were crucified with him, and the Virgin Mary, mother of Jesus, weeping and supported
a resistance to silver, and the power of flight.
In "The Lunatic Cafe", Gretchen attacks Anita, and as punishment, Jean-Claude had her confined to a coffin wrapped in crosses and chains for three years. Due to needing power and energy, partly due to vampire politics and partly due to Anita's stubbornness in various issues, reduces her to a skeletal state (withdrawing her animating force, as her creator.) In "Narcissus in Chains", Anita learns that Gretchen is still confined and