Christ on the Living Cross
Follower of the Master of Saint Veronica
1420
oil
panel
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Follower of the Master of Saint Veronica
1420
oil
panel
From the collection of Art Institute of Chicago
Christ on the Living Cross is a 1420 oil by Follower of the Master of Saint Veronica, a Northern Renaissance work, held at Art Institute of Chicago.
This painting shows Christ on a cross, with a crowd in the background. The artist used a lot of detail to show the emotions of the people. The scene is dramatic and the characters are well-done, which is interesting because it was made a long time ago. You can learn more about this style by looking into the technique of glazing.
Possibly Georg Hammels, Aachen [Georg Hammels Aachen is inscribed three times on the reverse]. Dr. Lersch, Aachen, by 1895 [according to Firmenich-Richartz 1895]. Prof. P. Stolz, Bad Kissingen, by 1927; sold to Galerie Heinemann, Munich, 5 February 1927 [according to Heinemann stockcard, copy in curatorial file]; sold to Charles H. Worcester, Chicago, Sept. 18, 1928 [Copy of invoice in curatorial file]; given to the Art Institute, 1936.
New York, Kleinberger, Loan Exhibition of German Primitives for the Benefit of the American Red Cross, 1928, no. 4. AIC, Loan Exhibition of Old Masters, 1928–29 (no cat.). Renaissance Society, University of Chicago, Loan Exhibition of Religious Art from the Fourth Century to the Present Time, 1930, no. 32. Art Institute of Chicago, A Century of Progress, 1933, no. 29. Cologne, Museum Schnütgen, Glanz und Größe des Mittelalters: Kölner Meisterwerke aus den großen Sammlungen der Welt, November 4, 2011-Febuary 26, 2012, no. 204. Nijmegen, Netherlands, Museum Het Valkhof, Mary of Guelders and her…
Eduard Firmenich-Richartz, “Wilhelm von Herle und Hermann Wynrich von Wesel: Eine Studie zur Geschichte der altkölnisch-en Malerschule,” Zeitschrift für christliche Kunst 8 (1895), cols. 302–03. Carl Aldenhoven, Geschichte der Kölner Malerschule, Lübeck, 1902, pp. 90–91, 384, pl. 25. Heinrich Bergner, Handbuch der kirchlichen Kunstaltertümer in Deutschland, Leipzig, 1905, p. 520. Andreas Huppertz, Die altkölnische Malerschule, Munich, 1914, p. 21, fig. 27. Karl Schaefer, Geschichte der Kölner Maler-schule, Lübeck, 1923, p. 25, pl. 25. Hubert Wilm, “Sammler und Markt,” Der Cicerone 20 (1928),…
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This anonymous painter, active around 1420, made small devotional panels in the old German tradition, often showing Christ with blood streaming from wounds.
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