The Crucifixion
Artist: Andrea di Bartolo (Italian (Siena), ca. 1370–1428)
Date: after 1400
Dimensions:
H: 19 11/16 in. (50 cm); W: 33 3/16 in. (84.3 cm)
Medium: Tempera on wood panel
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Purchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number: 1952.103
Label Text:The drama and emotion of the scene of Christ’s crucifixion is captured here in details like the grieving angels, the soldier breaking the legs of one of the crucified thieves, and the collapse of the Virgin Mary. This painting was once a small part of a large altarpiece created by the Bartolo family workshop in Siena, Italy. It would have been the center panel of the predella (“altar step”), the row of images at the bottom of an altarpiece. It was probably flanked by three panels on either side telling the story of the Passion—the events leading up to the resurrection of Christ.
Often trained as goldsmiths, the Bartolo family artists were skilled at punching or tooling patterns into gold backgrounds and haloes. The brilliant, jewel-like colors are also hallmarks of their work. Paintings done in this elegant manner are often called International Gothic, a sumptuous style associated with the royal courts and used throughout Europe at the beginning of the 1400s.
Often trained as goldsmiths, the Bartolo family artists were skilled at punching or tooling patterns into gold backgrounds and haloes. The brilliant, jewel-like colors are also hallmarks of their work. Paintings done in this elegant manner are often called International Gothic, a sumptuous style associated with the royal courts and used throughout Europe at the beginning of the 1400s.
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