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| Title | Crucifixion with the Virgin, St John and St Mary Magdalen | |
| Collection | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Artist | Bergognone, Ambrogio (Italian painter, ca. 1460-1523) | |
| Date Earliest | about 1470 | |
| Date Latest | about 1523 | |
| Description | Unusually, this work was painted on linen and was possibly intended as part of a banner. It shows Christ crucified with Mary and the Saints. The background shows a rocky landscape and a city with figures of soldiers and men on horseback. The figure of Christ in this painting strongly resembles that of a similar Crucifixion scene attributed to Bergonone in the Lord Lee Collection. The composition and, especially, the figure of Mary Magdalene closely resembles a Crucifixion in the Church at Ceratosa, Pavia. This scene also features the stick-like figures going about their daily business in the town in the background. | |
| Current Accession Number | 1960P57 | |
| Former Accession Number | P.57´60 | |
| Subject | religion (Crucifixion, Virgin, St John, St Mary Magdalene) | |
| Measurements | 55.9 x 35.9 cm cm (estimate) | |
| Material | tempera on linen | |
| Acquisition Details | Bequeathed by Sir Leonard Woolley through the National Art-Collections Fund 1960. | |
| Publications | Foreign Paintings in Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, A Summary Catalogue, 1983, no. 12, ill. | |
| Rights Owner | Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery | |
| Author | Dr Patricia Smyth | |