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Crucifixion

Accession Number
1970/1.177

Title
Crucifixion

Artist(s)
Bartolommeo da Brescia

Artist Nationality
Italian (culture or style)

Object Creation Date
1565-1576

Medium & Support
etching on paper

Dimensions
6 ⅛ in x 4 ¼ in (15.56 cm x 10.8 cm);19 3/10 in x 14 3/10 in (49.05 cm x 36.35 cm)

Credit Line
Museum Purchase

Subject matter
This small etching depicts the Crucifixion of Christ. The heads and wings of three cherubim emerge from the clouds that gather around the top of the cross, signaling the divine importance of the event. The skull and bones at the base of the cross evoke the name Golgotha, or "Place of the Skull," where the Crucifixion was said to have taken place, and also allude to Christ's eventual triumph over death.

Physical Description
From the height of a cross, a crucified man, wearing a crown of thorns and a loincloth, looms over a dramatic landscape. Three heads with wings appear near the top of the cross, and a skull and crossed bones lay at its base. A vast prospect of distant mountains and a bustling port unfolds through the background.

Primary Object Classification
Print

Collection Area
Western

Rights
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Keywords
Christianity
etching (printing process)
harbors
landscapes (representations)
putti (motifs)
skulls (skeleton components)

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