The Crucifixion
Medium
tempera and oil with gold on wood panel
Dimensions
unframed: 29.8 × 31 cm · framed: 39.4 × 38.1 × 4.5 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Bequest of James Parmelee
Accession Number
1940.535
Rights
Public Domain
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About this artwork
This small picture belonged to a predella, a series of subsidiary panels consisting of narrative scenes and situated at the bottom of an altarpiece. Predella paintings are significant because the artist was allowed more freedom and inventiveness here than in the higher part of the altarpiece. In this Crucifixion scene, the harmony of colors, the monumentality of the figures, and the symmetry of the composition all reflect the classical spirit of Renaissance Italy. Moreover, the panel shows some ...