The Crucifixion of Christ
before 1577
Medium
Pen and brown and ink, brush and brown wash, heightened with white gouache on blue paper
Dimensions
16-1/4 x 10-3/8 in. (41.3 x 26.4 cm)
Classification
Drawings
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Rogers and Harris Brisbane Dick Funds, Gifts of Ernest Shapiro and family, Mrs. Henry J. Bernheim, and Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney, and Jacob H. Schiff Bequest, by exchange, and funds from various donors, 1999
Accession Number
1999.85
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
About the Artist
Hans Speckaert · 1540–1577
Hans Speckaert (c. 1540–c. 1577) was a Flemish Renaissance painter from Brussels who spent much of his career in Italy. He is recognized as one of the earliest practitioners of Northern Mannerism, distinguished by his portraits, history paintings, and especially his numerous drawings. His fluid, elegant draftsmanship left a lasting mark on contemporary Northern European artists.%20was%20a%20Flemis...