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La Crucifixion

1340s
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 635
Ce panneau d’une intensité dramatique et d’une qualité descriptive hors du commun est l’un des deux volets d’un retable portatif. Formé à Sienne par Duccio di Buoninsegna, Pietro Lorenzetti figure parmi les véritables novateurs de l’art italien, tout comme son frère Ambrogio. L’intense dramatisation du récit donne ici la pleine mesure de son imagination. En effet, chaque détail de ce retable, qui ne devait être qu’une aide à la prière, démontre l’habileté de Lorenzetti à donner au sujet biblique sa part d’humanité : c’est le cas de la Vierge qui défaille et du personnage qui s’arc-boute avec l’intention de briser les jambes de l’un des voleurs.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Titre: La Crucifixion
  • Artiste: Pietro Lorenzetti, Italien, actif 1320–1344
  • Date: Années 1340
  • Technique: Détrempe et feuille d'or sur bois
  • Dimensions: Hors tout : 41,9 x 31,8 cm ; surface peinte : 35,9 x 25,7 cm
  • Crédits: Achat, don de Lila Acheson Wallace et fonds Gwynne Andrews, 2002
  • Accession Number: 2002.436
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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