Crucifixion with Saints Cosmas and Damian, anonymous, 1425 - 1449

Title(s)

Crucifixion with Saints Cosmas and Damian

Object type

• painting

Object number

SK-A-2553

Description

Kruisiging met de heiligen Cosmas en Damianus. Christus aan het kruis, links Johannes, Maria, Maria Magdalena en de heilige Cosmas; rechts Pilatus, soldaten en de heilige Damianus.

Artist

• painter: anonymous

Place

Noord-Duitsland

Dating

1425 - 1449

Physical features

oil on panel

Material

• panel
• oil paint (paint)

Measurements

height 157.5 cm × width 157.5 cm × thickness 1.5 cm
depth 5.8 cm

What

• comprehensive representations of the events on Golgotha during Christ's hanging on the cross, no particular event emphasized
• the twin-brothers Cosmas and Damian(us), martyrs and physicians; possible attributes: box of ointment, cap, gown, lancet, pestle and mortar, urinal

Credit line

• Gift of the heirs of C. Hoogendijk, The Hague

Acquisition

gift May-1912

Copyright

Public domain

• Cézanne en Van Gogh in het Rijksmseum voor moderne Kunst in Amsterdam: de collectie van Cornelis Hoogendijk (1866-1911)