The Crucifixion

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This painting is one of four versions, two being in Australasia and the other, half this size, in Iona Abbey, Scotland, painted 1945–1946. They constitute de Maistre's most ambitious and powerful religious pictures complementing his series on the Stations of the Cross in the corridor at Westminster Cathedral.

Leicester Museum & Art Gallery

Leicester

Title

The Crucifixion

Date

1942–1944

Medium

oil on canvas

Measurements

H 130 x W 91.5 cm

Accession number

L.F22.1952.0.0

Acquisition method

gift from the Contemporary Art Society, 1952

Work type

Painting

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