# Crucifixion [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [UCCELLO, Paolo]() - Date: 1401-1450 - Technique: Tempera on panel, 45 x 67 cm ## Commentary Stylistically very close to the Prato frescoes is a group of paintings whose attribution to Uccello is controversial. Among them we can find the Crucifixion in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection in Madrid. The this little Crucifixion the characters are very close to the Prato frescoes. The Madonna, next to the cross, has the same graceful movements, rather like a ballerina, as the handmaid to the left in the fresco of the Birth of the Virgin. The unusual, elongated composition, depicting the crucified Christ with the Virgin and Sts John the Baptist, John the Evangelist and Francis, suggests that it may have formed part of a predella. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="\#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening \(streaming mp3, 22 minutes\):<BR><A HREF="\#" onClick="w=window.open \('/music1/15\_cent/dufay\_hymns1.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350'\);w.opener=this;w.focus\(\);return true"><B>Guillaume Dufay: Hymns</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE> ## Related artworks - [Adoration of the Magi \(Quarate predella, detail\)]() - [Adoration of the Magi \(Quarate predella\)]() - [An Angel \(detail\)]() - [Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse \(detail\)]() - [Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse \(detail\)]() - [Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse \(detail\)]() - [Bernardino della Ciarda Thrown off his Horse]() - [Birth of Christ]() - [Birth of the Virgin \(detail\)]() - [Birth of the Virgin]() - [Clock with Heads of Prophets]() - [Creation of Adam]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()