Detail View: ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART: Crucifixion with Witnessing Saints

Collection: 
ADJUNCT MODULE B: ITALIAN ART
Preferred Title: 
Crucifixion with Witnessing Saints
Image View: 
Central detail, Christ on the cross with the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, center and John the Evangelist, right
Creator: 
Domenico Brusasorci (Italian painter, ca.1516-1567)
Location: 
repository: San Sebastiano (Venice, Veneto, Italy)
Location Note: 
Campo di San Sebastiano, Rio di San Basilio
GPS: 
+45.432+12.32
Date: 
ca. 1550-1567 (creation)
Cultural Context: 
Italian
Style Period: 
Mannerist (Renaissance-Baroque style); Sixteenth century
Work Type 1: 
painting (visual work)
Classification: 
Paintings
Material: 
oil paint on canvas
Technique: 
oil painting (technique)
Subjects: 
landscape; New Testament; saints; Jesus Christ; John, the Apostle, Saint; Mary Magdalene, Saint; Mary, Blessed Virgin, Saint
Description: 
Most of Domenico Brusasorci’s work was executed in Verona and the surrounding area, and in Vicenza. Brusasorci’s abilities as a landscape painter were already demonstrated in 1550 in the small panel paintings of landscapes with distant biblical scenes in the sacristy of S Maria in Organo, Verona. This work is in the sacristy. (Source: Grove Art Online; http://www.oxfordartonline.com/)
Collection: 
Adjunct Module B: Italian Art
Identifier: 
6A1-BRUSAS-SS-C-A02
Rights: 
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