# Christ Ascending the Cross [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GIOVANNI DI BARTOLOMEO CRISTIANI]() - Date: 1351-1400 - Technique: Tempera on wood, 77 x 31 cm ## Commentary Christ Ascending the Cross c. 1370 Tempera on wood, 77 x 31 cm Christian Museum, Esztergom The representations of this subject appears in the Italian painting in the 13th-14th centuries. The present panel can be dated to c. 1370; it was painted under the influence of the Florentine Cione brothers. It was the right wing of a diptych, the left wing probably depicted the Virgin. The surface of the panel is damaged, the original colour of the background was blue. The authorship of the painting is not certain. ## Related artworks - [Annunciation]() - [Crucifixion with Saints]() - [Mourning of Christ]() - [Nativity, Crucifixion, and Mourning of Christ]() - [Nativity]() - [St Andrew]() - [St Lucy Enthroned]() - [The Incredulity of St Thomas]() - [Virgin and Child with Angels]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()