Medieval World
Jacopo di Paolo (1345–1430)
Bolognese International Gothic painter.
Jacopo di Paolo (c. 1345–c. 1430) was a Bolognese painter and illuminator of the late Trecento. His panels keep a gold-ground Gothic narrative language.
A Crucifixion at Vanderbilt (1979.0653P) is on Commons as tempera on panel, 12.25 × 21.5 in., dated 1400, Kress gift. The Commons title names the Virgin, Mary Magdalene, St John, and a female saint.
The words the record keeps using: devout, Gothic, compact, gilded.
At a glance
- Lived 1345–1430
- Origin Bolognese
- Worked in Bologna
- Era Medieval World
- Movements International Gothic
- Mediums Egg tempera on panel
- Techniques Tempera hatching, Gold ground and assist
Works in the archive
- The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St. Mary Magdalene, St. John the Evangelist, and a Female Saint, 1400 (Vanderbilt Museum of Art, Nashville (Commons: Vanderbilt University Fine Arts Gallery, accession 1979.0653P). Gift of The Samuel H. Kress Foundation.)
Gold-ground Crucifixion with four mourners named on Commons. Dated 1400. Gift of The Samuel H. Kress Foundation, as recorded on the Wikimedia Commons Artwork template. Holding institution on Commons is the Vanderbilt…
What was said
Commons File:The Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary, St. Mary Magdalene, St. John the Evangelist, and a Female Saint - Vanderbilt Fine Arts Gallery - 1979.0653P.tif attributes the panel to Jacopo di Paolo (Wikidata Q3805978), dates it 1400, gives tempera on panel 12.25 × 21.5 in., and notes a Kress Foundation gift.
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