The Crucifixion
The Crucifixion
- Artist
- Guidoccio Cozzarelli
- Artist Dates
- 1450-1516/1517
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Title
- The Crucifixion
- Date
- c. 1483-84
- Medium
- tempera on panel, transferred to masonite
- Dimensions
- 50.2 x 30.8 cm (19-3/4 x 12-1/8 in)
- K Number
- K1173
- Repository
- University of Arizona Museum of Art
- Accession Number
- 1961.013.006
- Notes
Provenance
Possibly Mrs Worthington, London, in 1904. [1] J. Pearsall Smith, London. [2] William B. Chamberlin, Sussex; (his estate sale, Christie's, London, 25 February 1938, no. 27); bought by (Giuseppe Bellesi, London). [3] (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955] Rome-Florence); sold to Samuel H. Kress [1863-1955] on 1 September 1939; gift to University of Arizona Museum of Art in 1961, no. 1961.013.066. [1] A painting lent by Mrs. Worthington to Pictures of the School of Siena, Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1904, no. 45, may be identical with K1173 although the dimensions are slightly larger. [2] According to the 1938 Chamberlin auction catalogue. [3] Purchaser per auctioneer's catalogue, Christie's Archive, London.
Catalogue Entry
Guidoccio Cozzarelli
The Crucifixion
K1173
Tucson, Ariz., University of Arizona (61.109), since 1951.(1) Wood transferred to masonite (only the layer of pigment remains; the gesso had to be removed). 19 3/4 x 12 1/8 in. (50.2 x 30.8 cm.). Good condition except for slight abrasions; cleaned 1952. The style is closely similar to that of Cozzarelli's book cover representing the Presentation of the Virgin, Archivio di Stato, Palazzo Piccolomini, Siena. The date of that illumination, 1483/84, seems suitable for K1173.(2) The figures at the foot of the cross are the Virgin swooning between two holy women, the Magdalen and John the Evangelist standing, and, on horseback, Longinus and the Centurion. Provenance: Possibly Mrs. Worthington, London (1904) –exhibited: 'Pictures of the School of Siena,' Burlington Fine Arts Club, London, 1904, no. 45 of 1905 catalogue,(3) as Cozzarelli. Private Collection, Siena. Contini Bonacossi, Florence. Kress acquisition, 1939 –exhibited: National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. (841), 1945–46, as Cozzarelli.
References
(1) Catalogue by W. E. Suida, 1951, no. 6, and 1957, no. 6, as Cozzarelli. (2) K1173 has been attributed to Cozzarelli by B. Berenson, G. Fiocco, R. Longhi, F. M. Perkins, and A. Venturi (in ms. opinions); also by R. van Marle (Italian Schools of Painting, vol. XVI, 1937, p. 386) if K1173 is identical with the painting formerly owned by Mrs. Worthington (see note 3, below). (3) In this catalogue (p. 67) the description of Mrs. Worthington's painting agrees with that of K 1173 except for the larger size (23 1/2 x 15 1/2 in.), which may possibly be explained by the inclusion of the frame in the measurement. No reproduction of no. 45 of the catalogue is available for comparison.