The Crucifixion, One of Three Panels from a Tabernacle Wing

Artist: UnknownFlorentine, ca. 1230

ca. 1230

European Art

On view, 2nd floor, European Art
Medium

Tempera and gold on panel

Dimensions

16 5/8 × 14 5/16 in. (42.2 × 36.4 cm)

Credit Line

University Purchase from James Jackson Jarves

Accession Number

1871.1a

Culture

Italian, Florence

Period

13th century

Classification

Paintings

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Provenance
Convent of San Francesco, San Miniato al Tedesco, Pisa(?); James Jackson Jarves (1818–1888), Florence, by 1859; Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, Conn.
Bibliography
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Object copyright
No Copyright - United States
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Object/Work type

religious art

Subject

crucifixions

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