The Crucifixion

between 1470 and 1480

Master of the Freising Visitation German, active about 1450-1500

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European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West Wing

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About the Artwork

Title The Crucifixion

Artwork Date between 1470 and 1480

Artist Master of the Freising Visitation

Life Dates active about 1450-1500

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. German

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Oil on wood panel

Dimensions Image (Panel): 74 1/2 × 41 inches (189.2 × 104.1 cm) Framed: 89 1/2 × 56 1/8 × 5 3/4 inches (227.3 × 142.6 × 14.6 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Gift of Ralph Harman Booth

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 22.146

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Provenance

unitl at least 1803, Collegiate Church of St. Johannes (Freising, Bavaria, present-day Germany).
until 1868, Joseph Otto Entres [1804–1870] (Munich, present-day Germany);
March 16, 1868, sold (as Michel Wolgemutt) at auction by [Joseph Aumüller] (Munich, present-day Germany).
by 1920, (Paul Cassirer [1871–1926]), (Berlin, Germany);
February 28, 1920, transferred and half share sold to (Julius Böhler [1860–1934]), (Starnberg, Germany);
July 26, 1922, sold to Ralph Harman Booth [1876-1931];
1922-present-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Catalog der reichen und verzüglichen Kunst-Sammlung des Herrn Jos. Otto Entres, Bildhauer in München. Sale cat., Joseph Aumüller. Munich, March 16, 1868, p. 110, no. 2565 (as Michael Wolhgemuth [sic]).

Valentiner, W.R. "New Period Rooms." Bulletin of the DIA 4, no. 4 (1923): pp. 26-32, 29-30 (ill.), 26 (ill.) [attrib. to Rueland Frueauf.]

Heil, W., Catalogue of Paintings in the Permanent Collection of The Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 1930, cat. 138 (ill.). (as Master of the Augsburg Visitation).

Tietze, H. Meisterwerke europäische Malerei in Amerika. Vienna, 1935, p. 197.

Kuhn, C.L. A Catalogue of German Paintings of the Middle Ages and Renaissance in American Collections. Cambridge, MA,1936, p. 61, no. 243, pl. 47.

Tietze, Hans, ed. Masterpieces of European Paintings in America. New York, 1939, pp. 197 (ill.), 322, no. 197.

Richardson, E.P., ed. Detroit Institute of Arts Catalogue of Paintings. Detroit, 1944, p. 85, no. 138. [as Master of the Augsburg Visitation.]

Stange, A. Deutsche Malerei der Gotik, vol. 10: Salzburg, Bayern und Tirol in der Zeit von 1400 bis 1500. Munich and Berlin, 1960, p. 122 (fig. 197).

Musper, H.T. Gotische Malerei nördlich der Alpen. Cologne, 1961, p. 108.

Goldberg, G. "Master of the Freising Visitation [Master of the Augsburg Visitation]." The Dictionary of Art, ed. J. Turner. New York and London, 1996, vol. 20, p. 678.

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Master of the Freising Visitation, The Crucifixion, between 1470 and 1480, oil on wood panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Ralph Harman Booth, 22.146.