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The Crucifixion
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The Crucifixion
- Object:
Oil painting
- Place of origin:
East Sussex (possibly Uckfield, East Sussex, painted)
- Date:
16th century (painted)
- Artist/Maker:
Unknown (artist)
- Materials and Techniques:
Oil on panel
- Museum number:
W.2B-1929
- Gallery location:
Prints & Drawings Study Room, room WS, case R, shelf 84, box R
This Crucifixion by a 16th-century British artist is a rare fragment of a decorated fireplace, formerly in Uckfield, Sussex. It forms a set with two further paintings showing an Adoration of the Magi and a Bible outweighing vestments. Against the background of its domestic context, the iconography has been subject of considerable debate.