Crucifixion

Gentile da Fabriano (Gentile di Niccolò di Giovanni di Massio)

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AUTHOR Gentile da Fabriano (Gentile di Niccolò di Giovanni di Massio)
DATE c. 1408
OBJECT TYPE AND MATERIAL Tempera on panel
DIMENSIONS cm 60 x 40.5
INVENTORY 6945
ROOM IV
Work on display

Gentile da Fabriano was the greatest painter of the late Italian Gothic, an itinerant artist who worked in Lombardy, Brescia, Venice, in the marche, Orvieto and Rome. His work shows the fluid llines that are characteristic of the late Gothic, lines without right angles, the waves of colour and a near absence of naturalistic imagery. There is no vegetation, animal or plants – a characteristic of the late Gothic shown clearly in painting of this period.