The Crucifixion
Medium
tempera and gold on wood (walnut)
Dimensions
31 × 13.4 cm
Classification
Painting
Department
Medieval Art
Museum
Cleveland Museum of Art
Credit
Holden Collection
Accession Number
1916.776
Rights
Public Domain
Tags
male
About this artwork
This panel was probably part of a small altarpiece of private devotion. The artist was active in Florence and Siena following the Black Death, which began in the late 1340s. His works, like others created during that troubled time, are charged with emotion.