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Crucifixion

Vikki Griffin

Oct 26, 2022•4 min read

Italian, Paris or Pavia ca. 1374/75–after 1438 Verona / The Met

This deeply affective work combines an austerity in the composition with an elegance in the description of the figures that is characteristic of painting at the cosmopolitan court in Milan under Duke Gian Galeazzo Visconti (1351 - 1402).
Stefano da Verona was a leading exponent of this refined style, which owes much to sculpture and to French miniature painting.
The delicately tooled gold background emulates expensive goldsmith work (the thornless roses are emblems of the Virgin Mary).

The Crucifixion

Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges / The Met

In this poignant image, the Crucifixion is presented as an enactment of the written word due to the inclusion of Saint Jerome.
The Church Father is shown as somewhat detached from the event at hand, apparently reading about it from his translation of the Bible.
True to the account of the Gospels, David has provided an appropriate sense of time and space.

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