Christ on the Cross

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Maker

Workshop of
Workshop of

1466-1530

Title

Christ on the Cross

Date of Production

c. 1490-95

Medium

oil on panel

Dimensions

Height: 53.6 cm (panel)
Width: 37.4 cm (panel)

Object Number

P.1978.PG.244

Mode of Acquisition

Count Antoine Seilern, bequest, 1978

Credit

Courtauld Gallery, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)

Label Text

Christ appears on the cross against a dark sky. A distressed Virgin Mary and Saint John stand on either side, accompanied by two kneeling figures. One is a Carthusian monk, whose monastic life focused on solitude and prayer. The other is a wealthy man clad in a fur-lined coat. These two very different men may have been brothers, with one or both commissioning this painting.

The artist is unknown but his refined style suggests that he may have worked with the renowned painter Quinten Massys in Flanders, in modern-day Belgium.

Provenance

Princes Gate Bequest 1978

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