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| Artist | Attributed toSchut, Cornelis, I (Flemish painter and printmaker, 1597-1655, active in Italy) After Rubens, Peter Paul (Flemish painter and draftsman, 1577-1640) |
| Title | The Crucifixion |
| Date earliest | probably about 1627 |
| Date latest | possibly about 1640 |
| Material | oil on panel |
| Measurements | 34.2 x 24 cm |
| Description | The composition of this painting was inspired by a colour sketch of the same subject by Peter Paul Rubens, now in the Rockoxhuis museum in Antwerp. Its stylistic qualities are consistent with the work of Cornelis Schut who was one of Rubens's more talented pupils. The influence of his master is clear in the florid composition and the expressiveness with which he conveys the drama of his subject. The unbalanced and confused nature of the scene, however, as well as the anatomical irregularities in some of the figures, are indicative of Schut's own technique. |
| Subject | religion (Crucifixion) |
| Collection | Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum |
| Current accession number | 1967:195 |
| Previous accession number(s) | No. 468 |
| Acquisition details | Bequeathed by Guy Whinyates 1967. |
| Principal publications | Wright, C., Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museums, Baron de Ferrieres Collection: Catalogue of Foreign Paintings from the De Ferrieres Collection and Other Sources, Cheltenham, 1988, p. 40. |
| Notes | The attribution to Schut was suggested c.1988 by Professor Michael Jaffé, who made comparisons with the artist's etchings and pen drawings in the Louvre. Listed in Andrews, G., Cheltenham Art Gallery and Museum Service: Fine Art Collection: Checklist Catalogue, 1979, cat. no. 468, as Flemish School, seventeenth century. Oil (monochrome). Guy Whinyates, Winsley, Buckfast, Devon. |
| Rights status | Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museums |
| Author | Dr Anne L. Cowe |
