Year c. 1455–1460 Location Museo Correr Created 1453–1455 | Medium Tempera on panel Artist Giovanni Bellini Media Paint | |
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Dimensions 55 cm × 30 cm (22 in × 12 in) Periods Italian Renaissance, Renaissance, Venetian school Similar Giovanni Bellini artwork, Renaissance artwork | ||
Religious painting of the crucifixion by realist painter eric armusik
Crucifixion is a painting by the Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Bellini, created around 1455–1460. It is housed in the Museo Correr in Venice.
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- Religious painting of the crucifixion by realist painter eric armusik
- Painting the crucifixion
- Description
- References
The work was originally in the church of San Salvador of Venice, and is part of the Mantegna-influenced phase of Bellini's early career.
Painting the crucifixion
Description
The painting shows the crucified Jesus, portrayed with a very pale skin, on a broad landscape background. The deep blue sky is populated by cherubims who are weeping his death. In the lower part are Mary and St. John.
The background shows several details, including a lake with a wooden bridge, a quarry, small houses and a series of small working figures. Such a fragmented, detailed composition was typical of Jacopo Bellini, the artist's father, and was replaced by a more coherent one in Bellini's later works. Other elements typical of his early works are the rather crude painting strokes, the thin figures and the sharp lines.