The Crucifixion

The most noticeable thing about joseph and mary in the painting is that they aren't that noticeable. The dreadful martyrdom seems to be not the death of jesus, but rather the massacre of the innocents. I don't know how cold it actually gets in palestine, but i guess brigal the elder was north european. He knows jesus was born in december,. he set the whole scene in snow, you know, stick with what you know.