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PINTURICCHIO: The Crucifixion with Sts Jerome and Christopher

🖼 The Crucifixion with Sts Jerome and Christopher, c. 1471
Oil on wood
59 × 40 cm
Rome, Italy

Golden light bathes Christ on the cross flanked by Jerome and Christopher in Pinturicchio's delicate tempera work. The composition's ethereal quality and saints' contemplative poses reflect early Renaissance devotional intensity, establishing the artist's refined narrative style that would dominate Roman patronage.

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E. H. Gombrich
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