# Crucifixion [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [BOCCATI, Giovanni di Piermatteo]() - Date: 1451-1500 - Technique: Tempera gold and silver on wood, 33 x 25 cm ## Commentary Crucifixion c. 1440 Tempera gold and silver on wood, 33 x 25 cm Galleria Nazionale delle Marche, Urbino Boccati introduced this type of small paintings for private devotion into Umbria and the Marches, specializing in images of the Crucifixion. Aside from the present example, four others survive. The structure of this Crucifixion scene is unusual with its off-central axis. There is some uncertainty over whether this small panel was originally an independent work or was joined with another painting to form a diptych. The composition suggests that the artist was familiar with an early Netherlandish compositional prototype probably associable with Jan van Eyck. ## Related artworks - [Crucifixion]() - [Crucifixion]() - [Madonna and Child Enthroned with Music-Making Angels]() - [The Arrest of Christ \(detail\)]() - [The Arrest of Christ]() - [The Blessed Guardato]() - [Virgin and Child with Saints \(detail\)]() - [Virgin and Child with Saints]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()