The Crucifixion [Center Panel], 1741

Not on View

Medium

chiaroscuro woodcut printed from four blocks in buff, light brown, gray, and red brown on laid paper

Dimensions

image: 56.7 x 41.2 cm (22 5/16 x 16 1/4 in.)

sheet: 64 x 46.7 cm (25 3/16 x 18 3/8 in.)

Credit Line

Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

Catalogue Raisonné

Kainen 1962, no. 22 (center panel)

Accession Number

2012.92.662

Artists / Makers

John Baptist Jackson (artist) British, 1701 - 1780

Jacopo Tintoretto (artist after) Venetian, 1518 or 1519 - 1594

Image Use

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Inscription

lower center in block: Illustrissimo & Nob: Viro Dno. Dno. / RICHARDO BOYLE Comti de Burlington... / ...J: B: Jackson Anglus qui Ligno Coelavit humillime D. D. C. 1741

Provenance

Mary Jordan Collection. [1] (Frederick Mulder, London); Ruth Kainen, Washington, D.C., purchased October 20, 1986; Gift to NGA, 2012.

[1] According to the donor's collection list for Jackson woodcuts, a great number came from the Mary Jordan Collection.

Associated Names

Jordan, Mary
Kainen, Jacob, Mrs.
Mulder, Frederick, Mr.

Bibliography

1962: Kainen, Jacob. John Baptist Jackson; 18th century master of the color woodcut. Washington, 1962: no. 22