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Source Description
This is the only identified religious painting by Peter Gertner, who was best known as a portrait artist. Here he uses the skills he honed as a portraitist to introduce distinctive details of costumes, facial expressions, and gestures for both the historical and contemporary figures gathered beneath the Cross. The crowd includes men of many origins: Jewish, Turkish, German, and African. This diversity would both intrigue the viewer and remind him or her of the universal message of the scene.Gertner's monogram consists of a spade with his initials. It is a play on his name, a variation on "gardener" in German.
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Document identity
localId
3122
label
Crucifixion
core
obj
dtoType
drawing
citationUrl
pageCount
1
Source metadata
id
3122
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Crucifixion
description
This is the only identified religious painting by Peter Gertner, who was best known as a portrait artist. Here he uses the skills he honed as a portraitist to introduce distinctive details of costumes, facial expressions, and gestures for both the historical and contemporary figures gathered beneath the Cross. The crowd includes men of many origins: Jewish, Turkish, German, and African. This diversity would both intrigue the viewer and remind him or her of the universal message of the scene.Gertner's monogram consists of a spade with his initials. It is a play on his name, a variation on "gardener" in German.
provenance
Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
1537 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
68.8
height
96.8
dimensionsRaw
27 1/16 x 38 1/8 in. (68.8 x 96.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
German
med
oil on wood
creator_ids
4772
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
seq
1
pageIndex
0
type
photo
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