Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
- Artist
- Battista da Vicenza
- Artist Dates
- c. 1404-1438
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Title
- Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
- Date
- c. 1400-10
- Medium
- tempera and gold leaf on panel
- Dimensions
- 37.5 x 37.5 cm (14-3/4 x 14-3/4 in)
- K Number
- K1779
- Repository
- New Orleans Museum of Art
- Accession Number
- 61.65
- Notes
Provenance
(Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955] Rome-Florence); sold to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation on 1 July 1950; gift to the New Orleans Museum of Art in 1961, no. 61.65.
Catalogue Entry
Battista da Vicenza
Christ on the Cross between the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist
K1779
New Orleans, La., Isaac Delgado Museum of Art (61.65), since 1953.(1) Wood. 14 3/4 x 14 3/4 in. (37.5 x 37.5 cm.). Good condition except for a few losses of paint; cleaned 1950. The figure and drapery types and the tragic expression of faces and gestures find plausible parallels in the work of Battista da Vicenza. K1779 may have been placed originally at the top of a polyptych, as in the case of the Crucifixion panel by this artist in San Giorgio, Velo d' Astico. The date also would be similar, around 1400/10.(2) Provenance: Contini Bonacossi, Florence. Kress acquisition, 1950.
References
(1) Catalogue by W. E. Suida, 1953, p. 16, as Battista da Vicenza. (2) The attribution to Battista da Vicenza and the dating are R. Longhi's (in ms. opinion).