BIAGIO D'ANTONIO
(b. 1446, Firenze, d. 1515, Firenze)

Crucifixion

1482
Fresco
Cappella Sistina, Vatican

The picture shows a detail of the Last Supper, a fresco painted by Cosimo Rosselli in the Sistine Chapel in Rome. There are three "window" paintings in the background of the fresco, two of them, the Arrest of Christ and the Crucifixion were executed by Biagio d'Antonio Tucci who assisted Cosimo Rosselli in the execution of this fresco.

Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 22 minutes):
Heinrich Schütz: Die sieben Worte am Kreuz SWV 478