The Crucifixion

About the Artwork

This panel was probably part of a small altarpiece of private devotion. The artist was active in Florence and Siena following the Black Death, which began in the late 1340s. His works, like others created during that troubled time, are charged with emotion.

Exhibition history

Inaugural Exhibition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (co-organizer) (June 6-September 20, 1916). The Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition: The Official Art Exhibit of the Great Lakes Exposition. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 26-October 4, 1936).

Quick Overview

Artist: Andrea da Firenze (Italian, 1379)
Date: c. 1360s
Medium: tempera and gold on wood (walnut)
Dimensions: Unframed: 31 x 13.4 cm (12 3/16 x 5 1/4 in.)
Type: Painting
Classification: Painting
Department: Medieval Art
Credit line: Holden Collection
Accession no.: 1916.776

Provenance

By 1858-1889: Minor K. Kellogg (1814-1889), Paris, France and Cleveland, Ohio 1889-1913: Liberty E. Holden (1833-1913), Cleveland, Oh, by inheritance to his wife, Delia E. Bulkley Holden 1913-1916: Delia E. Bulkley Holden (1871-1947), Cleveland, Oh, bequeathed to the Cleveland Museum of Art 1916-: The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, Oh

Data retrieved from the Cleveland Museum of Art on October 8, 2026. The museum may have updated its record since.