Emotion conveyed through elegantly stylized figures is a trait this Crucifixion shares with other works of the so-called courtly (or International) style that prevailed in Europe in the years around 1400. It is from an imposing altarpiece that included thirty narrative scenes around a central panel of the Madonna and Child. The main panel is still in the Neustädter Marienkirche in Bielefeld, Westphalia. The artist was one of the foremost painters in northwest Germany.
The Crucifixion
Artist: Master of the Berswordt Altar (German, Westphalian, active ca. 1400–35)
Date: ca. 1400
Medium: Oil, egg(?), and gold on plywood, transferred from wood
Dimensions: 23 1/2 x 17 in. (59.7 x 43.2 cm)
Classification: Paintings
Credit Line: Rogers Fund, 1943
Accession Number: 43.161
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