Title

Crucifixion

Author

Mor, Antonis

Utrecht, ca 1517 - Antwerp, 1577

Typology

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Date

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Technique

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Inscriptions

Signed on the rock, on the right: "ANT. MOR°. PHILIPPI / HISP REG. PICTOR / FACIEBAT AN.1573."

Observations

This large canvas depicting Calvary is one of the rare works with a religious subject by Antonio Moro, better known as a portrait painter. The work is signed and dated 1573 on a rock to the right of the foreground, indicating that the artist was a painter to King Philip II. A misinterpretation of this signature led to the belief that it was a work by Antonio Morales (Martí y Monsó).

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Bibliography

• E. Muñoz Baudot (2019): "Antonio Moro, pintor de religión: El Calvario del Museo Nacional de Escultura de Valladolid", Revista Historia Autónoma, vol. 15, pp. 51-69.
• (2009): Museo Nacional Colegio de San Gregorio: Colección / Collection, Ministerio de cultura, Madrid, pp. 152-153.
• H. Pauwels et al. (1958): L'art flamand dans les collections espagnoles, Ville de Bruges, Bruges, p. 101, il. 75.
• G. Marlier (1942): "Nieuwe gegevens omtrent Anthonis Mor", Gentsche bijdragen tot de kunstgeschiedenis, vol. 8, pp. 208-209.

Locations

• Convent of Santa Ana (Carmelites), Medina del Campo (Spain)
• Museo Nacional de Escultura, Valladolid (Spain) (Inventory number: 644)