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Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John
Also titled Christus aan het kruis, met Maria en Johannes
c. 1250
- Medium
- panel
- Classification
- painting
- Dimensions
- height 42 cm x width 21.5 cm
- Museum
- Rijksmuseum
- Rights
- Public Domain Mark, as the museum states it.
- Who can see it
- Teens profiles and older: its subject is for older viewers (war, death, the Passion, drink or the like). How works are placed
About this work
This panel demonstrates the transition during the 13th century from the static imagery of Greek icon painting to a new expressive Italian style. It was painted either by a Greek (or Cypriot) artist in southern Italy, or by a southern Italian imitating the Greek style.
