The Crucifixion, with the Virgin, Mary Magdelene and Saint John the Evangelist
The Crucifixion, with the Virgin, Mary Magdelene and Saint John the Evangelist
- Artist
- Andrea di Bartolo
- Artist Dates
- active from 1389-died 1428
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Title
- The Crucifixion, with the Virgin, Mary Magdelene and Saint John the Evangelist
- Date
- 1400
- Medium
- tempera and gold on panel
- Dimensions
- 42.1 x 38.9 cm (16-9/16 x 15-5/16 in)
- K Number
- K1014
- Repository
- Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery
- Accession Number
- 1979.0649P
- Notes
Provenance
(Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955], Rome-Florence); sold to Samuel H.Kress [1863-1955] on 1 June 1936; gift to George Peabody College for Teachers, now Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, in 1961, no. 1979.0649P
Catalogue Entry
Andrea di Bartolo
The Crucifixion, with the Virgin, Mary Magdelene and Saint John the Evangelist
K1014
Nashville, Tenn., George Peabody College for Teachers, Study Collection (A-61-10-2), since 1961.(1) Wood. 16 9/16 X 15 5/16 in. (42.1 X 38.9 cm.). Inscribed at top of cross: I.N.R.I. (Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews). Much abraded throughout, especially the face of Christ. The shape of the composition is good evidence that K1014 originally formed the central pinnacle of an altarpiece, where the Crucifixion was a frequent subject. Here not only is the Crucifixion shown; it is also symbolized by the scene in the apex, a pelican giving her life blood to feed her young. Although the name of Lippo Vanni has been connected with K1014, the closest parallels seem to be offered by Andrea di Bartolo,(2) whose Crucifixion in the pinnacle of no. 1095 in the Berlin Museum follows the same composition. Other parallels are the pinnacle of no. 58 in the Lindenau Museum in Altenburg and the Crucifixion on the back of K23 (Fig. 174). The date of K1014 is probably early, about 1400. Provenance: Contini Bonacossi, Florence. Kress acquisition, 1936 – exhibited: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (870), 1951-52, as Sienese, fourteenth century.
References
(1) Acquisitions, 1961, The Arts, George Peabody College for Teachers, pp. 6 ff., as Sienese, fourteenth century. (2) In ms. opinions G. Fiocco, W. E. Suida, and A. Venturi have attributed K1014 to Lippo Vanni; F. M. Perkins, to an anonymous Sienese; R. van Marle, to a follower of Bernardo Daddi; B. Berenson, with reservations, to Luca di Tomme; and G. Coor, to Andrea di Bartolo.