The Crucifixion (Left Panel)

1741

John Baptist Jackson, after Jacopo Tintoretto

Associated Names
John Baptist Jackson

Artist, British, 1701 - 1780

Jacopo Tintoretto

Artist After, Venetian, 1518 or 1519 - 1594

This is a drawing of a scene with horses and construction work. In the lower part of the image, individuals are depicted engaging in construction or manual labor activities. Tools and materials are scattered around them. Above and to the left, there is a group of figures mounted on horses. Some appear to be conversing. The background includes architectural structures and trees, with a castle or fortress on a hill. The scene conveys a sense of different societal roles and actions coming together during a historical event or significant construction endeavor.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

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

  • Credit Line

    Gift of Ruth Cole Kainen

  • Dimensions

    image: 54.5 x 41 cm (21 7/16 x 16 1/8 in.)
    sheet: 64 x 45.7 cm (25 3/16 x 18 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2012.92.522

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Kainen 1962, no. 22 (left panel)

Artwork history & notes

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

Bibliography

1962

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

Wikidata ID

Q76557091

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