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The Crucifixion with Saints

Maker

(Artists)
c.1280-1348 (Life dates)

Title

The Crucifixion with Saints

Date of Production

1348

Medium

tempera on panel, integral frame gabled top

Dimensions

Height: 155.8 cm
Width: 52.4 cm

Accession Number

P.1966.GP.82

Mode of Acquisition

Gambier Parry, bequest, 1966

Credit

The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Copyright

Work in the public domain

Location

On display

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Related Works

The Crucifixion (centre panel) (recto) Saints Lawrence and Andrew (far left panel) Saints Bartholomew and George (left panel) (recto) Saints Peter and Paul (right panel) (recto) Saints James Major and Stephen (far right panel)

Label Text

This impressive polyptych (multi-panel work) is the main section of a larger altarpiece painted for the Church of San Giorgio a Ruballa outside Florence. The inscription below the central panel provides the artist’s name, and dates the work to shortly before his death from the plague. Daddi was the leading painter of his day and the inscription boldly asserts his authorship.

The Crucifixion was considered a particularly appropriate theme for an altarpiece. During the celebration of Mass, it served as a visual expression of Christ’s sacrifice for the redemption of humanity. The saints on either side are larger in scale, leading viewers towards this central scene. Contemporaries praised Daddi’s touching and detailed representations, such as the fainting Virgin Mary at the foot of the cross and the soldiers gambling for Christ’s tunic.

Provenance

From the church of San Giorgio in Ruballa; with a Florentine dealer by 1827; Davenport-Bromley collection by 1854; his sale, Christie’s London, 12 June 1863, lot 86; purchased by Webb, from whom acquired shortly thereafter by Thomas Gambier-Parry; by descent to Mark Gambier-Parry; bequeathed to the Home House Trust (now the Samuel Courtauld Trust), 1966.

Exhibition History

The Courtauld at the National Gallery, National Gallery, London, 27/03/2019-05/08/2019

The Gambier-Parry Collection, The Courtauld Institute of Art, London

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