Crucifixion

The reconstructed oeuvre of Jacopo del Casentino is made up of only a handful of undisputed paintings, the Oberlin panel being one of them. This is an exceptionally well-preserved trecento panel, and is thus particularly important for the study of that period's technique. Present at the scene of the crucified Christ is the Virgin Mary, Mary Magdalene, John the Evangelist, and St. Anthony Abbott (identified by a diminutive pig). The Crucifixion is the right wing of a small folding triptych probably made for private worship in the house of a wealthy Florentine citizen. The left wing (now lost) depicted the Nativity, and the central panel would probably have shown the Madonna enthroned.