Crucifixion and Lamentation

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This small panel was probably made for private devotion. In the upper portion appears the Crucifixion, with the Virgin, Saint John the Evangelist and Mary Magdalene. Over the crucifix is set a pelican, symbolic of Christ's sacrifice. In the lower portion is a lamentation over the body of Christ. Taddeo Gaddi was a pupil and collaborator of Giotto and one of the most influential painters of fourteenth-century Florence. The composition has been described as an adaptation of the Crucifixion which appears in the right side of his 1334 triptych in Berlin.

Bristol Museum & Art Gallery

Bristol

Title

Crucifixion and Lamentation

Date

c.1335

Medium

tempera & gilding on panel

Measurements

H 52.4 x W 26.7 cm

Accession number

K2771

Acquisition method

purchased with the assistance of the Victoria and Albert Museum Purchase Grant Fund, 1959

Work type

Painting

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