Crucifixion

Mair von Landshut painted this Crucifixion around 1500 in Lower Bavaria. Mair was a significant painter of the Bavarian school, producing altarpieces for churches in the Landshut region. His style bridges the late Gothic and early Renaissance periods in Bavarian art. The tempera-on-panel medium required a carefully gessoed surface and was painted in fine, precise layers, yielding a luminous, jewel-like surface of great durability.

Oil on panel with vivid Bavarian coloring and expressive figure painting. The Crucifixion scene is rendered with the emotional intensity characteristic of Alpine devotional art.