The Crucifixion

School of Tuscany (?) (Artist)

17th century (Baroque)

oil on panel
(Baroque Europe )

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

Inscription

[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.

Provenance

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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.

Exhibitions

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

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Geographies

Italy, Tuscany (Place of Origin)

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)

Credit Line

Acquired by Henry Walters with the Massarenti Collection, 1902

Location in Museum

Not on view

Accession Number

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37.1124

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