The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion
- Artist
- Lorenzo di Bicci
- Artist Dates
- 1350-1427
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Title
- The Crucifixion
- Date
- c. 1399
- Medium
- tempera and gold on panel
- Dimensions
- 44.9 cm (16-7/8 in)
- K Number
- K445
- Repository
- Allentown Art Museum
- Accession Number
- 1960.022.000
- Notes
Provenance
(Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955], Rome and Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863-1955] on 18 October 1936 as Florentine School; gift to the Allentown Art Museum in 1960, no.1960.22.
Catalogue Entry
Lorenzo di Bicci
The Crucifixion
K445
Allentown, Pa., Allentown Art Museum, Study Collection (60.22.KBS), since 1960. Wood. Diameter 16 7/8 in. (44.9 cm.). An illegible inscription extends diagonally from both sides of Christ's body. Fragment; good condition. While closely related to Niccolo di Pietro Gerini and Orcagna's followers,(1) K445 almost duplicates the Christ and some of the angels in the Crucifixion in the Museum of the Collegiata at Empoli,(2) which is documented as painted by Lorenzo di Bicci in 1399. Tondi were a common feature in the crowning sections of Lorenzo's altarpieces; K445 may have been so used originally. Provenance: Contini Bonacossi, Florence. Kress acquisition, 1936.
References
(1) In ms. opinions K445 is connected with the circle of Niccolò di Pietro Gerini by R. Longhi and F. M. Perkins; and with the Florentine School by G. Fiocco, W. E. Suida, and A. Venturi. B. Berenson (Italian Pictures ... Florentine School, vol. I, 1963, p. 103) lists it as from the studio of Jacopo di Cione. (2) Reproduced in Rivista d'Arte, vol. XXVI, 1950, p. 203, fig. 3.