The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

COLLECTION NAME:

The AMICA Library

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AMICO~1~1

The AMICA Library

Collection

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AMICA ID:

MMA_.33.92ab

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MMA_.33.92ab

AMICA ID

false

AMICA Library Year:

2000

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2000

AMICA Library Year

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Object Type:

Paintings

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Paintings

Object Type

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Creator Name:

Eyck, Jan van

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Eyck, Jan van

Creator Name

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Creator Nationality:

European; Netherlandish

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European; Netherlandish

Creator Nationality

false

Creator Role:

Artist

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Artist

Creator Role

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Creator Dates/Places:

Netherlandish, active by 1422, died 1441

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Netherlandish, active by 1422, died 1441

Creator Dates/Places

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Creator Name-CRT:

Jan van Eyck and Workshop Assistant

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Jan van Eyck and Workshop Assistant

Creator Name-CRT

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Title:

The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

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The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment

Title

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View:

Full View, Crucifixion

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Full View, Crucifixion

View

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Creation Date:

ca. 1430

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ca. 1430

Creation Date

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Creation Start Date:

1420

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1420

Creation Start Date

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Creation End Date:

1440

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1440

Creation End Date

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Materials and Techniques:

Oil on canvas, transferred from wood

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Oil on canvas, transferred from wood

Materials and Techniques

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Dimensions:

Each 22 1/4 x 7 2/3 in. (56.5 x 19.7 cm)

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Each 22 1/4 x 7 2/3 in. (56.5 x 19.7 cm)

Dimensions

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AMICA Contributor:

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

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The Metropolitan Museum of Art

AMICA Contributor

false

Owner Location:

New York, New York, USA

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New York, New York, USA

Owner Location

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ID Number:

33.92ab

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33.92ab

ID Number

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Credit Line:

Fletcher Fund, 1933

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Fletcher Fund, 1933

Credit Line

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Rights:

http://www.metmuseum.org/

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<a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/"target="_new">http://www.metmuseum.org/</a>

Rights

false

Context:

These pictures juxtaposing Christ's sacrifice for the salvation of mankind with the Last Judgment are early works by Jan van Eyck, the most celebrated painter of fifteenth-century Europe. The 'Crucifixion' is presented as an eyewitness account set against a distant landscape, astonishing for its depth and subtlety of description. In contrast, the 'Last Judgment' is organized hieratically in three tiers, with the scale of the figures manipulated to indicate their relative importance. The texts on the original frames are given form in the pictures with remarkable literalness, establishing a play between word and image that would have been admired by contemporaries. The upper half of the 'Last Judgment' was painted in part by an assistant.

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<P>These pictures juxtaposing Christ's sacrifice for the salvation of mankind with the Last Judgment are early works by Jan van Eyck, the most celebrated painter of fifteenth-century Europe. The 'Crucifixion' is presented as an eyewitness account set against a distant landscape, astonishing for its depth and subtlety of description. In contrast, the 'Last Judgment' is organized hieratically in three tiers, with the scale of the figures manipulated to indicate their relative importance. The texts on the original frames are given form in the pictures with remarkable literalness, establishing a play between word and image that would have been admired by contemporaries. The upper half of the 'Last Judgment' was painted in part by an assistant.</P>

Context

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