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The Crucifixion
Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
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The Crucifixion

Artist/Maker (Artist Unknown)
Dateca. 1330-1350
Mediumtempera on wood
DimensionsSight: 24 3/4 x 17 in. (62.9 x 43.2 cm)
Framed: 28 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 3 in. (72.4 x 52.1 x 7.6 cm)
ClassificationsVisual Works
Credit LineGift of The Samuel H. Kress Foundation
Terms
    Object number61.010.000
    DescriptionThe Crucifixion is an unusually well-preserved example of the earliest form of panel painting in Italy. Following the tradition of Byzantine icons, the surface and the frame were carved from a single piece of wood, with the picture plane recessed and the original thickness of the wood forming a flat band around the perimeter. Originally, this small rectangular painting was connected by hinges with another panel, most likely depicting the Madonna and Child. The Crucifixion was a common subject in Byzantine and earlier medieval art, but the dramatic treatment of the theme, as seen here, originated in the work of Giotto di Bondone (1266-1337). Giotto made the decisive break with Byzantine traditions, then dominant in Italian painting, by combining the expression of human feeling and character with a new attitude toward form in relation to the surrounding space. His stylistic innovations were influential for painters throughout Italy, but above all for the artists working in his native Florence. The unknown Florentine master who painted this Crucifixion belonged to the first generation of Giottesque painters.
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    Collections
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Master of the Blessed Clare of Rimini
    ca. 1340
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Guidoccio Cozzarelli
    ca. 1480-1490
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Giuseppe Maria Crespi
    ca. 1690-1700
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Alessandro Magnasco
    after 1735
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Benvenuto Tisi da Garofalo
    ca. 1535
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Eladia Herman
    ca. 2013
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Eladia Herman
    ca. 2013
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    Thomas Gainsborough
    ca. 1770-1775
    Collection of the Lowe Art Museum, University of Miami
    C Painter
    ca. 570-565 BCE