The Crucifixion
Giovanni da Milano, c. 1360
Christus aan het kruis. Onder het kruis staan links de heilige Maria Magdalena en Maria. De heilige Franciscus van Assisi knielt en omhelst het kruis. Rechts staan Johannes en de heilige Ignatius van Antiochië. Twee engelen vangen het bloed van Christus op in kelken. Rechts een banderol met tekst.
- Artwork typepainting
- Object numberSK-A-4000
- Dimensionsheight 51 cm x width 30.5 cm
- Physical characteristicstempera op paneel


Identification
Title(s)
- Christus aan het kruis met heiligen (former title)
- Christ on the Cross with Mary, Sts Mary Magdalene, John the Baptist, Ambrose of Milan (?) and Francis of Assisi (former title)
Object type
Object number
SK-A-4000
Description
Christus aan het kruis. Onder het kruis staan links de heilige Maria Magdalena en Maria. De heilige Franciscus van Assisi knielt en omhelst het kruis. Rechts staan Johannes en de heilige Ignatius van Antiochië. Twee engelen vangen het bloed van Christus op in kelken. Rechts een banderol met tekst.
Inscriptions / marks
inscription: ‘Amor meus crucifisus est.’
Catalogue reference
- C. Travi, 'Giovanni da Milano', in: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon : Die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker 55, Monaco/Lipsia 2007, p. 42.
- M. Gregori, 'Giovanni da Milano', in: EAM 6, Rome 1995, p. 733.
- Cat.tent. Ausstellung von Werken alter Kunst aus dem Privatbesitz von Mitgliedern des Kaiser Friedrich Museums Vereins, Berlin (Königlichen Akademie der Künste) 1914, cat.nr. 96.
- A. Marabottini, 'Una Crocifissione di Giovanni da Milano en i soggiorni del pittore in Toscana e in Lombardia', Commentari 16 (1965), p. 31.
- M. Boskovits, Giovanni da Milano, Florence 1966, p. 13, 37.
- M. Boskovits, 'Notes sur Giovanni de Milano', Revue de l'Art 2 (1971), p. 57.
Creation
Creation
painter: Giovanni da Milano, Florence
Dating
c. 1360
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Physical description
tempera op paneel
Material
Dimensions
height 51 cm x width 30.5 cm
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Provenance
…; purchased from the dealer J. Böhler, Munich, by Prof. Dr Otto Lanz (1865-1935), Amsterdam, before 1906;{Amsterdam 1906a, p. 12, no. 3, as Agnolo Gaddi; Amsterdam 1934, no. 231; File RMA.} his widow, Anna Theresia Elisabeth Lanz - Willi (1870 - 1954), Amsterdam, 1935; from whom, CHF 2,000,000 and fl. 350,000, with xx other paintings, to Hans Posse (1879-1942), for Adolf Hitler´s Führermuseum, Linz, through the mediation of the dealer N. Katz, 1941;{Van Os 1978, p. 167.} war recuperation, SNK, 15 February 1946 (inv. no. NK 2335);{Provenance from 1934 to 1945 reconstructed by Ekkart et al. 2006; MCCP website, file card no. 3653; the Munich Central Collecting Point Number 3653 is recorded in blue on the reverse of the panel.} on loan from the DRVK to the museum, 1952 (inv. no. SK-C-1424); transferred to the museum, 1960
Remarks
Please note that this provenance was formulated with a special focus on provenance research for the years 1933-45 and could therefore be incomplete. There may be more (mostly earlier) provenance information known in the museum. In case this item has an uncertain or incomplete provenance for the years 1933-45, the Rijksmuseum welcomes information and assistance in the investigation and clarification of the provenance of all works during that era.
Documentation
- C. Travi, 'Giovanni da Milano', in: Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon : Die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker 55, Monaco/Lipsia 2007, p. 42.
- M. Gregori, 'Giovanni da Milano', in: EAM 6, Rome 1995, p. 733.
- Cat.tent. Ausstellung von Werken alter Kunst aus dem Privatbesitz von Mitgliedern des Kaiser Friedrich Museums Vereins, Berlin (Königlichen Akademie der Künste) 1914, cat.nr. 96.
- A. Marabottini, 'Una Crocifissione di Giovanni da Milano en i soggiorni del pittore in Toscana e in Lombardia', Commentari 16 (1965), p. 31.
- M. Boskovits, Giovanni da Milano, Florence 1966, p. 13, 37.
- M. Boskovits, 'Notes sur Giovanni de Milano', Revue de l'Art 2 (1971), p. 57.
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