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Source Description
Against a pale blue sky streaked with clouds, the dead Christ hangs on the cross between the mourning Virgin Mary and the apostle John. The painting's small size and meticulous execution suggests it was intended to be viewed from close up so that its minutely-described details, such as the pebbles in the foreground or the wood grain of the cross, could be carefully appreciated. That the painting was executed on a piece of parchment (instead of a wood panel) may indicate that it was initially a page of a manuscript that was later cut out and framed as an independent panel painting. The composition is closely based on this painting by Pietro Perugino, one of the most famous painters in Italy during the Renaissance, now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
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Document identity
localId
13045
label
The Crucifixion
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obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
13045
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
The Crucifixion
description
Against a pale blue sky streaked with clouds, the dead Christ hangs on the cross between the mourning Virgin Mary and the apostle John. The painting's small size and meticulous execution suggests it was intended to be viewed from close up so that its minutely-described details, such as the pebbles in the foreground or the wood grain of the cross, could be carefully appreciated. That the painting was executed on a piece of parchment (instead of a wood panel) may indicate that it was initially a page of a manuscript that was later cut out and framed as an independent panel painting. The composition is closely based on this painting by Pietro Perugino, one of the most famous painters in Italy during the Renaissance, now at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 134, as Perugino]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
early 16th century (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
oil paintings (visual works)
miniatures
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1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
27.6
height
18.5
dimensionsRaw
Painted surface H: 10 7/8 x W: 7 5/16 in. (27.6 x 18.5 cm); Composite wood support H: 13 5/16 x W: 9 3/4 x Approx. D: 3/8 in. (33.8 x 24.7 x 1 cm)
style
Renaissance
Source extras
inscriptions
[Transcription] On the cross: INRI [abbreviation for]: Iesus Nazarenus Rex Iudeourm; [translation]: Jesus of Nazarus
King of the Jews
med
tempera (later retouched with oil) on parchment mounted on wood panel
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3286
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REN
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none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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