The Crucifixion, ca. 1460 – 1480

Title

The Crucifixion

Painter

• Florentine School second half of the 15th century

Period Produced

• 15th century

School

• Renaissance

Object Type

• painting (artwork)

Physical Description

Poplar

Material

• poplar wood

Technique

• mixed technique

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Old Masters 1300 - 1800

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Acquisition

Acquired in 1828

Genre

• Biblical portrayal
• historical narration
• depiction of a saint

Main Motif

• crucifixion
• crucified man
• group of people at Golgotha
• the Passion
• force
• Life of the Virgin
• Jesus Christ
• Saint Dismas
• the impenitent thief
• Mary
• Cleopas
• Salome
• The Maries
• Mary Magdalene
• Saint John the Evangelist
• angel
• devil
• Golgotha
• man
• woman
• group of people
• animal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ
• Dismas (saint)
• Gestas
• Mary
• Mary of Cleophas
• Salome
• The Maries
• Mary Magdalene
• John the Evangelist
• Devil

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament, Matthäus 27,33-56
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Markus 15,22-41
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Lukas 23,33-49
• Bibel, Neues Testament, Johannes 19,18-30

Primary

• 73D61 comprehensive representations of the events on Golgotha during Christ's hanging on the cross, no particular event emphasized
• 73D58 the superscription: I(esus) N(azarenus) R(ex) I(udaeorum) ~ Christ's crucifixion
• 73D67141 angel(s) catching Christ's blood in cup(s)
• 73D625 bystanders at the foot of the cross, among whom Mary, Mary Magdalene and John the Evangelist; Mary may be shown swooning
• 11HH(MYRRHOPHORES) the three (sometimes four) Maries together; possible attributes: jar of ointment
• 45B the soldier; the soldier's life
• 12A521 high priest ~ hierarchy of priests
• 73D631 the centurion confessing his belief in Christ; sometimes the soldiers do the same
• 31G361 devil carrying the soul off

Secondary

• 22C311 nimbus, halo ~ radiance emanating from persons or things
• 25H112 rocks