Crucifixion of Christ, with the Virgin and St John

anoniem, anonymous, anonymous, anoniem, c. 1535 - c. 1540

Tyrolean glass painters often used engravings by the Italian artist Marcantonio Raimondi as a model. That is the case for this reverse-glass painting: the glass painter only added the splendid starry sky. The process of glass painting is the reverse of that for an ordinary painting: fine details are applied first on the back of the glass panel and the rest of the image is subsequently steadily worked up around them.

  • Artwork typepainting, reverse painting on glass
  • Object numberSK-A-5049
  • Dimensionsheight 26 cm x width 18 cm x height 40.1 cm x width 32.2 cm
  • Physical characteristicsbladgoud, bladzilver, rode lak en verf op glas