Die Kreuzigung Christi,

um 1550/55

Material / Technology / Carrier

Leinwand

Dimensions of the object

153,5 x 247 cm

Displayed

AP OG Saal IX

Department

Italienische Malerei

Genre

Malerei

Inventory number

4590

Acquisition

Aus der Kurfürstlichen Galerie

Stock

Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München

Citation

Jacopo Tintoretto (Jacopo Robusti), Die Kreuzigung Christi, um 1550/55, Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen - Alte Pinakothek München, URL: https://www.sammlung.pinakothek.de/en/artwork/PdxzEmm4w5 (Last updated on 09.08.2022)

Immersed in a supernatural light, the monochromatic figures stand glaringly against the black sky. The sketchy painting style gives them a fleeting appearance and, as such, lends the scene a visionary character. Tintoretto demonstrates here his painterly prowess that was admired by his contemporaries and, at the same time, perceived as aesthetically shocking. This painting, a work in its own right, was long interpreted as an oil sketch for Tintoretto’s ‘Crucifixion’ in the Scuola Grande di San Rocco in Venice (1566).