# The Crucifixion

- By: Andrea da Firenze (Italian, 1379)
- Date: c. 1360s
- Medium: tempera and gold on wood (walnut)
- Classification: Painting
- Dimensions: Unframed: 31 x 13.4 cm (12 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
- Culture: Italy, Florence
- Credit line: Holden Collection
- Museum: [Cleveland Museum of Art](https://clevelandart.org/art/1916.776)
- Rights: [Public domain (CC0)](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
- Picture: https://invisiblenetwork.ai/thumbs/cma/1916.776/1916.776_web.jpg
- Who can see it: Teens profiles and older (museums give no ratings; placed by Invisible Network from the museum's own words)

This panel was probably part of a small altarpiece of private devotion. The artist was active in Florence and Siena following the Black Death, which began in the late 1340s. His works, like others created during that troubled time, are charged with emotion.