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The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew
The Cleveland Museum of Art · Leonard C. Hanna Jr. Fund
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The Crucifixion of Saint Andrew

1606–7
Caravaggio (Italian, 1571–1610) visual detail
ArtistCaravaggio (Italian, 1571–1610)
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Provenance

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1603–1610

Don Juan Alonso Pimentel y Herrera, Eighth Conde de Benavente, Spanish viceroy in Naples.

until c. 1652–3

Don Juan Francisco Alonso Pimentel y Ponce de Léon (grandson of above, inherited and lived 1584–1652...

Provenance event

An unidentified convent in Castilla, Spain.

Provenance event

A. Tors, Madrid.

1973

José Manuel Arnaiz, Madrid.

24 February 1976

Legatt Brothers (London) sold by Arnaiz to the Cleveland Museum of Art.

Source provenance text

Don Juan Alonso Pimentel y Herrera, Eighth Conde de Benavente, Spanish viceroy in Naples. Don Juan Francisco Alonso Pimentel y Ponce de Léon (grandson of above, inherited and lived 1584–1652) Tenth Conde de Benavente, Valladolid. An unidentified convent in Castilla, Spain. A. Tors, Madrid. José Manuel Arnaiz, Madrid. Legatt Brothers (London) sold by Arnaiz to the Cleveland Museum of Art.

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Year in Review, 1976. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (February 1-March 6, 1977). Painting in Naples from Caravaggio to Giordano. Royal Academy of Arts, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (October 2-December 12, 1982). Caravaggio: The Last Years. Museo di Capodimonte, Naples, Italy (October 23, 2004-January 23, 2005); National Gallery, London, London, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (organizer) (February 23-May 22, 2005). Rembrandt - Caravaggio. Van Gogh Museum, 1070 AJ Amsterdam, Netherlands (February 25-June 16, 2006). Masterpieces of European Painting from The Cleveland Museum of Art. Frick Collection, New York, NY (organizer) (November 8, 2006-January 28, 2007). Masterpieces of European Painting from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage, Beachwood, OH (March 29-July 8, 2007). Conservation in Focus: Caravaggio's Crucifixion of Saint Andrew. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 3-September 14, 2014). Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio: Come nascono i Capolavori, Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy (December 12, 1991–March 15, 1992); Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome, Italy (March 26–May 29, 1992).

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Saint Andrew’s efforts to introduce Christianity to Greece in the first century CE were met with hostility from local authorities. He was sentenced to die on the cross because he refused to acknowledge pagan gods. For two days, Andrew preached from his martyr’s station to an increasingly sympathetic crowd. Bowing to public demand, Andrew’s would-be executioners attempted to untie him, but their hands were mysteriously paralyzed. Andrew’s desire for martyrdom was thus fulfilled and he died enveloped in divine light. Caravaggio’s innovative interpretation involves the viewer more closely in the event by presenting the crucifixion as intimate and private, rather than as a gruesome public spectacle. Bold contrasts of light and dark suggest the presence of God. A masterpiece of Baroque painting, Caravaggio’s <em>Crucifixion of Saint Andrew</em> is the only altarpiece by the artist in America.

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0 observed sales · 0 comparable sales · 6 structured provenance events · 7 structured exhibitions.

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