PAOLO VENEZIANO
(ACTIVE VENICE 1333⁄58-BEFORE 1362)
The Crucifixion with the Madonna, Saint John the Evangelist and two angels
tempera on gold ground panel, triangular, in a partially integral frame
13 5⁄8 x 19 ¼ in. (34.6 x 49 cm.)
A stack of cheese on a pewter platter, with butter on a plate, a stoneware jug, bread, pretzels, wine in a façon-de-Venise glass and a knife, on a ledge
Venice, a stonemason’s yard on the Grand Canal, with a view of the Palazzo Ca’ Tron, the Palazzo Belloni Battagia, the Fondaco del Megio and the Fondaco dei Turchi; and Venice, the Doge’s Palace with the Campanile, the Libreria and Santa Maria della Salute beyond