BOCCATI, Giovanni di Piermatteo
(b. ca. 1420, Camerino, d. 1487)

Crucifixion

1445-50
Tempera on wood, 75 x 49 cm
Christian Museum, Esztergom

Boccati painted the subject in several variants It is interesting to note that these versions show features unusual in Italian painting of the period, features which are characteristic of Jan van Eyck and his school in Flemish painting.




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