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Crucifixion

Artist Master of the Virgo inter Virgines (Netherlandish, active ca. 1475 - 1500)

CultureNetherlandish

Dateca. 1480

MediumOil on panel

Dimensions33 1/4 x 20 1/4 in. (84.5 x 51.4 cm)
Overall, Frame: 37 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 3 in. (95.3 x 62.2 x 7.6 cm)

Credit LineBequest of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.

Object number89.57

On View

Chrysler Museum of Art, Gallery 201

DescriptionThis oil on panel painting depicts the Crucifixion of Christ. Several figures surround the central figure, Christ: two weeping holy women are at the far left in addition to another figure, and three men (two in armor) dominate the right side of the panel. A man prays at the foot of the cross, beside a skull.

Label TextMaster of the Virgo inter Virgines Netherlandish, active ca. 1475–1500 Crucifixion, ca. 1480 Oil on wood From the tip of the soldier’s spear to the toes of the onlookers’ shoes, every sharp edge in this painting points up the distressing mood at the Crucifixion. The Virgin collapses in grief in St. John’s arms, Mary Magdalene wails at the foot of the cross, and Christ’s emaciated body slumps as he passes away. By using agitating details to depict these wrenching emotions, the artist incites compassion for the suffering in this scene. Bequest of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 89.57 ProvenanceRobert Lebel, Paris, 1958; Knoedler Gallery, New York; Walter P. Chrysler, Jr., Provincetown and Norfolk; Bequest of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. to the Chrysler Museum of Art, 1989. Exhibition History"Middeleeuwse Kunst der Noordelijke Nederlanden," Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam, June 28 - Sept. 28, 1958. (Exhib. cat. no. 59). Published ReferencesK.G. Boon. _De Meester van Virgo Inter Virgines_. The Hague/Rotterdam: Koninklijke Bibliotheek. 1963: 22, 32, 35 (footnote # 25). Jeff Harrison, _Collecting with Vision: Treasures From the Chrysler Museum of Art_ (London: D. Giles Ltd., 2007), 22, fig. 10. ISBN: 978-0-940744-72-1 M.J. Friedländer. _Early Netherlandish Painting: Geertgen tot Sint Jans and Jerome Bosch_. Volume V. Re-edition. 1969: Add. 145, plate 122. Albert Châtelet, translated by Christopher Brown and Anthony Turner. _Early Dutch Painting: Painting in the Northern Netherlands in the Fifteenth Century_. New York: Rizzoli. 1981: 233-234, no. 127-A. Chrysler staff. "Art Added to Collection," _The Chrysler Museum Bulletin_. Vol. 19, no. 10. Norfolk, VA: Chrysler Museum. 10/1989: n.p. "La Chronique des Arts: Principales Acquisitions des Musées en 1989," _Gazette des Beaux-Arts_. No. 1454. Paris. 03/1990: supplementary, 43, no. 214. Jefferson C. Harrison. _The Chrysler Museum Handbook of the European and American Collections: Selected Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings_. The Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, VA, 1991: 6, no. 5.