In the collection of Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia — check current display status with the museum.
FROM THE BARNES FOUNDATION’S CATALOG
Although his birth name is not known, this artist had Flemish origins and was active in Spain, initially as a court painter of Queen Isabella of Castile and later mostly for church commissions. The sweeping mountainous landscape of this small Crucifixion suggests that Juan painted it in Castile—not for the queen or a church, but for the private devotion of the anonymous layman who kneels in prayer before Saint John the Evangelist. The astonishing detail of the scene—from the fur on the donor's robe and the buildings in the background to the blood running between Christ's toes—presents an opportunity to marvel at the wonders of Creation as well as at the artist's virtuosity.
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Crucifixion
Crucifixion
Gerard David — Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, and 
Gerard David — The Crucifixion
Joos van Cleve — The Crucifixion with Saints and a Donor![The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene [middle panel]](https://api.nga.gov/iiif/63049d6b-06b2-4e4b-9443-532df5b30fa7/full/!500,500/0/default.jpg)
Pietro Perugino — The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint Joh
Marcellus Coffermans — Crucifixion
Jan Provost — The Crucifixion
Rogier van der Weyden (Flemish, c. 1399–1464) — The Crucifix
anonymous — Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Mary Ma
Cornelis Engebrechtsz — Christ on the Cross, with Mary, John
Master of Saint Veronica — The Crucifixion
