''Crucifixion'' is a c. 1440-50 oil on panel painting usually attributed to the workshop of
Jan van Eyck
Jan van Eyck ( , ; – July 9, 1441) was a painter active in Bruges who was one of the early innovators of what became known as Early Netherlandish painting, and one of the most significant representatives of Early Northern Renaissance art. Ac ...
, who worked from one of his original designs, or his older brother
Hubert. It shows the crucified
Christ, attended by his mother
Mary, and
St. John the Evangelist
John the Evangelist ( grc-gre, Ἰωάννης, Iōánnēs; Aramaic: ܝܘܚܢܢ; Ge'ez: ዮሐንስ; ar, يوحنا الإنجيلي, la, Ioannes, he, יוחנן cop, ⲓⲱⲁⲛⲛⲏⲥ or ⲓⲱ̅ⲁ) is the name traditionally given t ...
. The scene is set before an expansive and highly detailed background depiction of
Jerusalem. Mary and John are presented in deep sorrow, but more dignified and composed than the wailing women on the left hand side. On the right is a group of horsemen who seem unmoved by the execution, acting as if this was their daily business.
[Ferrari, 130]
The painting was in
Veneto in Italy by the mid 15th century, where it was believed to be a lost copy of a van Eyck original. It was highly influential on the development of Italian art, and was widely copied, both directly and in adaptions.
Notes
Sources
* Ferrari, Simone. ''Van Eyck: Masters of Art''. Munich: Prestel, 2013.
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1440s paintings
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Paintings of the Virgin Mary