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The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor

Joos van Cleve Netherlandish
ca. 1520
On view at The Met Fifth Avenue in Gallery 636
This splendid triptych combines the talents of a landscape specialist with those of the figurative painter Joos van Cleve. The setting for the Crucifixion, witnessed by the Virgin, Saint John, and the donor with his patron Saint Paul, is a vast landscape whose panoramic vista unifies the interior. On the left wing are Saints John the Baptist and Catherine; on the right are Anthony of Padua and Nicholas of Tolentino. The latter two suggest that the altarpiece was an Italian commission. The frame is original.

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor
  • Artist: Joos van Cleve (Netherlandish, Cleve ca. 1485–1540/41 Antwerp) and a collaborator
  • Date: ca. 1520
  • Medium: Oil on wood
  • Dimensions: Shaped top: central panel, painted surface 38 3/4 x 29 1/4 in. (98.4 x 74.3 cm); each wing, painted surface 39 3/4 x 12 7/8 in. (101 x 32.7 cm)
  • Classification: Paintings
  • Credit Line: Bequest of George Blumenthal, 1941
  • Object Number: 41.190.20a–c
  • Curatorial Department: European Paintings

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