Philadelphia Museum of Art - Collections Object : Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist

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European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection

Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist

Valve of a diptych; companion panel is in the Rijksmuseum Meermanno-Westreenianum, The Hague (no. 806)

Made in Italy, Europe

c. 1387-88

Francesco di Vannuccio, Italian (active Siena), documented 1356-89, died before 1391(?)

Tempera and tooled gold on panel with veritcal grain, with applied moldings
16 7/8 x 12 1/8 inches (42.9 x 30.8 cm)

* Gallery 211, European Art 1100-1500, second floor

Cat. 94

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

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Much of the gold background has worn away, revealing the preparatory red layer underneath, which helped the gold adhere.

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