Crucifixion / Bartolommeo da Brescia

Accession Number

1970/1.177

Title

Crucifixion

Artist

Bartolommeo da Brescia

Artist Nationality

Italian

Artist Life Dates

1506 - 1576 or 1578

Medium and Support

etching on paper

Object Creation Date

1565-1576

Object Creation Place

Europe (continent)

Italy (nation)

Lombardy (region)

Brescia (province)

Creation Place 1

Europe (continent)

Creation Place 2

Italy (nation)

Creation Place 3

Lombardy (region)

Creation Place 4

Brescia (province)

Credit Line

Museum Purchase

Style/Group/Movement

Renaissance

Inscription

Signed in plate, l.r.: BAR BRIX Collector's stamp, partially cut, l.r.

Period

Europe, Late Renaissance (1520-1600)

Dimensions

15.6 cm x 10.8 cm (6 1/8 in. x 4 1/4 in.)

Century

16th century

Primary Object Classification

Print

Physical Description

From the height of a cross, a crucified man, wearing a crown of thorns and a loincloth, looms over a dramatic landscape. Three heads with wings appear near the top of the cross, and a skull and crossed bones lay at its base. A vast prospect of distant mountains and a bustling port unfolds through the background.

Subject Matter

This small etching depicts the Crucifixion of Christ. The heads and wings of three cherubim emerge from the clouds that gather around the top of the cross, signaling the divine importance of the event. The skull and bones at the base of the cross evoke the name Golgotha, or "Place of the Skull," where the Crucifixion was said to have taken place, and also allude to Christ's eventual triumph over death.

Primary Keywords

brescia (province)

christianity

crucifixions

etching (printing process)

harbors

landscapes (representations)

putti

skull (skeleton component)

Secondary Keywords

animal material

animal material by form or function

associated concepts

bodies of water

bodies of water and components of bodies of water

bodies of water by location

buildings and the land

coastline bodies of water

descriptors

design elements

europe (continent)

events

executions

figure- and animal-derived motifs

geographic and political locations

image-making processes and techniques

intaglio printing processes

italy (nation)

landscapes (environments)

lombardy (region)

materials

materials by origin

motifs

natural landscapes

objects we use

people and culture

printing and printing processes and techniques

printing processes

processes and techniques

processes and techniques by specific type

religions

religions and religious concepts

settlements and landscapes

skeleton and skeleton components

skeleton components

visual works

visual works by subject type

Rights

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Collection

University of Michigan Museum of Art

Image Size

779 x 1079

File Size

184 KB

Record

1970/1.177

Link to this Item

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In public portfolios

Death and dying (500)

Manifest

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