Crucifixion

Turone di Maxio, the leading painter in 14th-century Verona, created this Crucifixion panel around 1351. Working in a city that stood at the crossroads of Italian and Northern European artistic traditions, Turone developed a distinctive style that combined Giottesque spatial ideas with the expressive intensity of northern Gothic art. His masterpiece, the polyptych for the church of San Zeno Maggiore, established him as the founder of the Veronese painting school that would later produce Altichiero and Pisanello.

Executed in egg tempera and gold on panel, the Crucifixion displays Turone's vigorous drawing style and bold color contrasts. The expressive, somewhat angular figure of Christ and the dramatic gestures of the mourning figures reflect the emotional directness characteristic of North Italian Gothic painting.