UGOLINO DI TEDICE
(active 1251-1277 in Pisa)

Crucifixion

c. 1270
Tempera on panel, 90 x 62 cm
The Hermitage, St. Petersburg

This Pisan cross depicts the grieving Mary and St John in squares at the end of the arms of the cross. The painter seeks to remind the viewer of the agonies that Christ took upon himself.