The Crucifixion

Provenance

Probably a member of the Altieri family, Rome [based on a seal on the back of the painting; see Lloyd 1993, p. 109, n. 2]. Philip Lehman, New York; sold by Lehman to Kleinberger, New York, 1916 [this and following information are from Kleinberger records, European Painting Department, Metropolitan Museum of Art]; sold American Art Association, New York, January 23, 1918, no. 41, ill., for $1,750 to S. Bourgeois, Paris, but returned it to Kleinberger, March 11, 1918; Kleinberger, New York and Paris, 1918-24; sold to Martin A. Ryerson (died 1932), Chicago, 1924 [letter of June 3, 1924 from Kleinberger to Ryerson in AIC archives]; by descent to his wife Carrie Hutchinson Ryerson (1859–1937), Chicago, 1932 [Last Will and Testament of Martin A. Ryerson, Died August 11, 1932, copy in Institutional Archives, Art Institute of Chicago]; bequeathed to the Art Institute of Chicago, 1937.

The Crucifixion

Francescuccio Ghissi

c. 1370

Accession Number

25770

Medium

Tempera on panel

Dimensions

72.7 × 50.3 cm (28 5/8 × 19 3/4 in.); Framed: 82 × 61 × 8.9 cm (32 1/4 × 24 × 3 1/2 in.)

Classification

tempera

Museum

The Art Institute of Chicago

Chicago, United States

Credit Line

Mr. and Mrs. Martin A. Ryerson Collection