The Crucifixion

Description Exhibitions Provenance Inscription Credit

Description For more information on this piece, please see Federico Zeri's 1976 catalogue no. 311, pp. 437-439.

Exhibitions

Rembrandt Peale's Portrait of John Meer: A New Addition to the American Art Collection. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore. 2009.

Provenance Don Marcello Massarenti Collection, Rome [date and mode of acquisition unknown] [1897 catalogue: no. 193, as Guido Reni]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1902, by purchase; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.

Inscriptions [Transcription] On scroll held by cherub holding ladder: HINC...LVC...; [Translation] From here the light; [Inscription] illegible inscription on scroll held by cherub holding mirror; [Transcription] On book held by the Archangel Michael: IN | QUO | TOTV | CON | TINE | TVR; [Translation[ In which everything is contained; [Transcription] On book held by St. Ignatius of Loyola: AD | MAIO | REM | DEI | GLO | RIA; [Translation] To the greater glory of God.

Credit Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902

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Creator

School of Tuscany (?) (Artist)

Period

17th century (Baroque)

Medium

oil on panel
(Painting & Drawing)

Accession Number

37.1124

Measurements

H including modern molding: 19 1/2 x W: 15 15/16 in. (49.5 x 40.5 cm); Inner painting H excluding modern molding: 12 1/2 x W: 8 7/8 x D: 5/8 in. (31.7 x 22.6 x 1.6 cm)

Geographies

Italy, Tuscany (Place of Origin)

Location Within Museum

Not On View