Italian renaissace and baroque painting (permanent exhibition)
Christ asending to the Cross
active in Florence 1375–1434/35
Description and further information
At the centre of the narrow, vertical panel, in the middle of a broad strip of ground, stands a tall T-shaped cross against a background that was originally blue but has now turned black. Jesus, stripped of his garments, ascends the twelve-rung ladder to the cross of his own free will; his head, encircled by a red cruciform halo, is crowned with thorns. From above, an executioner’s assistant dressed in red pulls him upward, while another pushes him from below; from the left, a henchman in a yellow tunic strikes him with a whip. On the right, the Roman authority that ordered the execution is represented by the centurion in a red mantle, who holds a mace in his left hand and points to Jesus with his right. A servant in ragged clothing holds the ladder steady from the right. In the foreground, Mary and the Apostle John stand on either side, in accordance with the arrangement of three-figure Crucifixion scenes. The depiction of Christ ascending the ladder to the cross appears in thirteenth- and fourteenth-century Italian painting under the influence of apocryphal writings and mystery plays. (Prokopp Mária, 1993)
Provenance
Arnold Ipolyi’s purchase from the Ramboux estate in Cologne, 1867
Restauration
1970 Varga Dezső
Bibliography
- Prokopp Mária: Boskovits Miklós pályakezdése: az esztergomi Keresztény Múzeum és a Szépművészeti Múzeum itáliai kora reneszánsz táblaképei. in Ars Hungarica, 2015, XLI/3. 319-330. 324-325
- https://www.evangelikus.hu/hireink/kultura/predikalo-mukincsek-az-esztergomi-kereszteny-muzeumban-jartunk
- Eörsi Anna: Egy ritka ikonográfiai típus: Krisztus létrán a keresztre megy. In: Művészettörténeti értesítő, 1996. (45. évf.), 1-2. sz., 47-60. p.
- Cséfalvay Pál, szerk.: Keresztény Múzeum, Esztergom. Budapest, 1993., 21-22, kat.sz. 84 (Prokopp Mária)
- Boskovits, Miklós: Pittura Fiorentina alla vigilia del Rinascimento 1370–1440. Firenze, 1975. "Maestro della Madonna Lazzaroni "
- Mucsi András: Az esztergomi Keresztény Múzeum Régi Képtárának katalógusa. Budapest, 1975, 36
- Mucsi András: Gótikus és reneszánsz táblaképek az esztergomi Keresztény Múzeumban. Esztergom, 1973, 14;
- Boskovits Miklós: Korai olasz táblaképek. Budapest, 1966, 26;
- Boskovits M.: Un' opera probabile di Giovanni di Bartolommeo Cristiani a l'iconografia della „Preparazione alla Crocifissione” A H A XI (¡965) 64-94;
- Boskovits Miklós-Mojzer Miklós-Mucsi András: Az esztergomi Keresztény Múzeum képtára. Budapest, 1964. 46-47. " Giovanni di Bartolommeo Cristiani pistoiai festő"
- Genthon (1948) sienai XIV. századi festő
- Ramboux-katalógus,1867 "Agnolo Gaddi"
