The Crucifixion
This deeply affective work combines an austere composition with elegantly varied expressions of grief characteristic of painting at the cosmopolitan court in Milan. Stefano was a leading exponent of the International Gothic style, which owes much to Burgundian sculpture and to French miniature painting. The tooled gold background emulates expensive goldsmith work (the thornless roses are emblems of the Virgin Mary). Mary Magdalen, kneeling in sorrow at the foot of the cross, unusually wears robes lined in expensive ermine fur, suggesting that this painting was destined for an elite patron.
Artwork Details
- Title: The Crucifixion
- Artist: Stefano da Verona (Stefano di Giovanni d'Arbosio di Francia) (Italian, Paris or Pavia ca. 1374/75–after 1438 Verona)
- Date: ca. 1400
- Medium: Tempera on wood, gold ground
- Dimensions: 33 7/8 × 20 5/8 in. (86 × 52.4 cm)
- Classification: Paintings
- Credit Line: Purchase, Gwynne Andrews Fund; Charles and Jessie Price and Álvaro Saieh Bendeck Gifts; Philippe de Montebello Fund; Gift of Mrs. William M. Haupt, from the collection of Mrs. James B. Haggin, Bequest of Lillian S. Timken, and Gift of Forsyth Wickes, by exchange; Marquand and Victor Wilbour Memorial Funds; funds from various donors and Gifts of the Marquis de La Bégassière and Cornelius Vanderbilt, by exchange; and The Alfred N. Punnett Endowment Fund, 2018
- Object Number: 2018.87
- Curatorial Department: European Paintings
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