The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion
- Artist
- Lorenzo Monaco
- Artist Dates
- c. 1370-c. 1425
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Title
- The Crucifixion
- Date
- c. 1400
- Medium
- tempera and gold on panel
- Dimensions
- 71.2 x 41.9 cm (27-3/4 x 16-3/8 in)
- K Number
- K93
- Repository
- Mead Art Museum
- Accession Number
- AC 1961.79
- Notes
Provenance
(Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955] Rome-Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863-1955] in 1930 as Spinello Aretino; gift to the National Gallery of Art in 1939; deaccessioned in 1952 and returned to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation; gift to Mead Art Museum, Amherst College in 1961, no. AC 1961.79.
Catalogue Entry
Lorenzo Monaco
The Crucifixion
K93
Amherst, Mass., Amherst College, Study Collection (1961-79), since 1961.(1) Wood. 27 3/4 x 16 3/8 in. (70.5 X 41.6 cm.). Good condition except for much abraded background; cleaned 1952. Resemblance of the figure types to those of Mariotto's well known triptych at Villamagna is evidence in favor of attributing K93 to him, although the style of both pictures is so close to that of Spinello Aretino as to explain some critic's attribution of K93 to Spinello.(2) The date is probably about 1400. Provenance: Contini Bonacossi, Rome. Kress acquisition, 1930 – exhibited: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (158), 1941-51;(3) Honolulu Academy of Arts, Honolulu, Hawaii, 1952-60.(4)
References
(1) Catalogue, 1961, p. 6, as Mariotto di Nardo. (2) K93 has been attributed to Mariotto di Nardo by G. Fiocco, F. M. Perkins (in ms. opinions), W. E. Suida (see note 4, below), and B. Berenson (Italian Pictures ... Florentine School, vol. 1, 1963, p. 129); and to Spinello Aretino by R. Longhi, R. van Marle, and A. Venturi (in ms. opinions). (3) Preliminary Catalogue, 1941, pp. 124 f, as Mariotto di Nardo. (4) Catalogue by W. E. Suida, 1952, p. 14, as Mariotto di Nardo.