Christ on the Cross with the Virgin, Saint John, and Saint Mary Magdalene

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Artist Unknown Italian, active third quarter of the fourteenth century

CultureItalian (Florentine)

Titles

Christ on the Cross with the Virgin, Saint John, and Saint Mary Magdalene

Datec. 1360–1380

PlaceFlorence, Italy

MediumTempera and gold leaf on panel

DimensionsPanel: 11 7/8 × 5 1/16 in. (30.2 × 12.9 cm)
Frame: 13 1/8 × 6 3/8 × 1 in. (33.3 × 16.2 × 2.5 cm)

Credit LineThe Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection

Object number44.570.1

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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Special Collections

Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection

Object Type

PAINTING

ProvenancePrivate collection, Karlsruhe, Germany, 1922; sold to [Leo Blumenreich, Berlin]; R. Langton Douglas, London, February 2, 1928; sold to Percy S. Straus, prior to November 6, 1928; bequeathed to MFAH, November 1944.
Exhibition HistoryKunsthalle Karlsruhe, Germany, 1922.

"Passion for Perfection: The Straus Collection of Renaissance Art," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 21, 2017–June 17, 2018.
Published References "Catalogue of the Edith A. and Percy S. Straus Collection," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, 1945 Dr. Carolyn C. Wilson, "Italian Paintings XIV-XVI in The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston," The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston in association with Rice University Press and Merrell Holberton Publishers, London, 1996, cat. no. 6

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