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MASTER OF THE BERSWORDT ALTAR. The Crucifixion

The Crucifixion. Artist: Master of the Berswordt Altar (German, Westphalian, active ca. 1400-35). Dimensions: 23 1/2 x 17 in. (59.7 x 43.2 cm). Date: ca. 1400.
These panels were among thirty scenes of an extensive narrative cycle that formed part of a large altarpiece from the Neustädter Marienkirche in Bielefeld, Westphalia. They were created two decades before panel painting underwent a qualitative revolution in the art of Jan van Eyck, Robert Campin and Rogier van der Weyden, who achieved a new sense of realism in their works. The artist, one of the foremost painters of the International Gothic style in northwest Germany, still adhered to the traditional gilded background, although the inclusion of a horizon and some schematic natural motifs indicate an outdoor setting for both scenes.

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Author: MASTER OF THE BERSWORDT ALTAR (active ca. 1400-35)

Title: The Crucifixion

Caption: The Crucifixion. Artist: Master of the Berswordt Altar (German, Westphalian, active ca. 1400-35). Dimensions: 23 1/2 x 17 in. (59.7 x 43.2 cm). Date: ca. 1400. These panels were among thirty scenes of an extensive narrative cycle that formed part of a large altarpiece from the Neustädter Marienkirche in Bielefeld, Westphalia. They were created two decades before panel painting underwent a qualitative revolution in the art of Jan van Eyck, Robert Campin and Rogier van der Weyden, who achieved a new sense of realism in their works. The artist, one of the foremost painters of the International Gothic style in northwest Germany, still adhered to the traditional gilded background, although the inclusion of a horizon and some schematic natural motifs indicate an outdoor setting for both scenes.

Technique/material: Oil, egg (?), and gold on plywood, transferred from wood

Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Credit: Album

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Image size: 3012 × 4203 px | 36.2 MB

Print size: 25.5 × 35.6 cm | 1185.8 × 1654.7 in (300 dpi)

Keywords: ALTARPIECES • EUROPE • EUROPEAN PAINTINGS • GERMANY • GOLD • MASTER OF THE BERSWORDT ALTAR • METAL • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • OIL PAINT • OIL PAINTING • OIL PAINTINGC PIO DI SAVOIA • OIL, EGG (?), AND GOLD ON PLYWOOD, TRANSFERRED FROM WOOD • OLI PAINTING • PAINTINGS • PLYWOOD • PROVENANCE RESEARCH PROJECT