Crucifixion between Sts. Jerome and Christopher
Crucifixion between Sts. Jerome and Christopher | |
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Artist | Pinturicchio |
Year | c. 1475 |
Medium | Oil on panel |
Dimensions | 59 cm × 40 cm (23 in × 16 in) |
Location | Borghese Gallery, Rome |
The Crucifixion between Sts. Jerome and Christopher is a painting by the Italian Renaissance master Pinturicchio, painted around 1475 and housed in the Borghese Gallery of Rome, Italy.
It is one of the earliest known works by the Umbrian painter, after some of the panels of the Miracles of St Bernardino (1473).
Description
The work depicts the Crucifixion on a river valley background, whose small details show the influence of Flemish painting. At the sides are a penitent St. Jerome, with the traditional symbols of the tamed lion, the cardinal hat on the ground, and a stone used to hit his chest. On the right is St. Christopher holding the martyrdom palm and looking at the young Jesus on his shoulder.
The latter, in turn, holds an apple and wears a coif, an element which is present in other early Pinturicchio works, such as the Madonna with Blessing Child in the National Gallery of London. The work shares the same preparatory drawing, and perhaps the cartoon, of a work by Fiorenzo di Lorenzo.
Sources
- Acidini, Cristina (2004). "Pintoricchio". Pittori del Rinascimento. Florence: Scala. ISBN 88-8117-099-X.
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- Miracles of St Bernardino (c. 1473) (with other artists)
- Crucifixion between Sts. Jerome and Christopher (c. 1475)
- Saint Jerome in the Desert (c. 1475-1480)
- Madonna and Child with St Jerome (c. 1481)
- Madonna of Peace (c. 1490)
- Semi-Gods Ceiling (c. 1490)
- The Hall of the Saints (1491-1494)
- Madonna and Child with a Bishop (c. 1495)
- Madonna with the Christ Child Reading (c. 1494-1498)
- Madonna with the Christ Child Writing (c. 1494-1498)
- Santa Maria dei Fossi Altarpiece (1496-1498)
- St Augustine (1510)
- Baglioni Chapel
- Basso della Rovere Chapel
- Borgia Apartments
- Bufalini Chapel
- Costa Chapel
- Cybo Chapel
- Della Rovere Chapel
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