The Crucifixion

1581

Annibale Carracci

Associated Names
Annibale Carracci

Artist, Bolognese, 1560 - 1609

The image depicts a man nailed to a wooden cross in an upright position. His arms are outstretched and nailed at the wrists to the horizontal beam, while his feet are overlapped and nailed to the vertical post. The man is muscular, wearing a loincloth, a crown of thorns on his head, and shoulder-length curly hair. His facial features include a beard and a downward gaze. There is an inscription above his head on the cross in various languages. At the foot of the cross, there are skulls and bones. The background shows a cloudy sky with distant buildings or structures on the horizon.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    engraving on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Kate Ganz

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 48.7 x 24.7 cm (19 3/16 x 9 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2008.104.1

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bohlin 1979, no. 1

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch 5

1979

  • Bohlin, Diane DeGrazia. Prints and Related Drawings by the Carracci Family. Exh. cat. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1979: 1

Inscriptions

upper center in tablet: inscription in Hebrew; IESVS NAZARENVS REX IVDEOR; lower left in plate: Anj in. Fe.; by later hand, verso in brown ink: Carracci; by laterhand, lower right verso in graphite: A. Carrache 6/40

Wikidata ID

Q76439101

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