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ID: 700009602
Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/cona/700009602
Record Type: Movable Work
Images: 1
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment (painting (visual work); Jan van Eyck (Netherlandish, Maaseik ca. 1390–1441 Bruges) a...; 1440-1441; Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, U...; 33.92ab; )
Note: Technical research has revealed that the two paintings were not always configured as a diptych, but originally served as the wings of a triptych or quite possibly the doors to a tabernacle or reliquary shrine.
Titles:
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment (preferred,C,U,RP,English-P,U)
Catalog Level: item
Work Types:
painting (visual work) [300033618] (preferred)
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by material or technique>)
diptych [300178228]
..... (Objects Facet, Visual and Verbal Communication (hierarchy name), Visual Works (hierarchy name), visual works (works), <visual works by form>)

Classifications:
paintings (preferred)

Creation Date: 1440-1441

Creator Display:
Jan van Eyck (Netherlandish, Maaseik ca. 1390–1441 Bruges) and Workshop Assistant [preferred,VP]
painter Eyck, Hubert van (Netherlandish painter, died 1426) Qualifier: formerly attributed to [500013023]
painter Eyck, Jan van (Netherlandish painter, ca.1390-1441) [500116209]
Locations:
Current: Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York City, New York state, United States) [500125157] Corporate Bodies (Corp. Body)
Repository Numbers: 33.92ab
Credit Line: Fletcher Fund, 1933
Display Materials: Oil on canvas, transferred from wood
oil paint (paint) [300015050]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by function>, coating (material), <coating by form>, paint (coating), <paint by composition or origin>)
panel (wood by form) [300014657]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by origin>, biological material, plant material, <wood and wood by product>, wood (plant material), <wood by form or function>)
canvas (textile material) [300014078]
.......(Materials Facet, Materials (hierarchy name), materials (substances), <materials by form>, <materials by physical form>, <fiber and fiber by product>, <fiber by product>, textile materials, <textile materials by process or technique>)

Dimensions: 2 panels, each 22 1/4 x 7 2/3 in. (56.5 x 19.7 cm)
Cultures:
Flemish (preferred)

General Subject:
religion and mythology (preferred)

Specific Subjects:
Crucifixion of Christ [901000242]
.....((Passion of Christ, Life of Jesus Christ, New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)
Last Judgment [901001027]
.....((New Testament narratives, Christian iconography, Legend, Religion, Mythology)) (ICON)

Inscriptions: Inscribed: (on cross, in Hebrew, Greek, and Latin) IHC·NAZAR[ENVS]·REX·IVDE[ORVM]; (twice, below Christ's hands) Venite benedi[c]ti p[at]ris mei (Come, ye blessed of my Father [Matthew 25:34].); (on Saint Michael's shield and armor) [illegible]; (twice, below Saint Michael's wings) . . . vos maledi[ct]i i[n]ignem [aeternum?] (. . . ye cursed, into everlasting fire [Matthew 25:41].); (on Death's wings) CHAOS MAGNV[M] / VMBRA MORTIS (great chaos / shadow of death); (on the original gilt frames) with verses from Isaiah (53:6-9, 12), Revelation (20:13 and 21:3-4), and Deuteronomy (32:23-24)
List/Hierarchical Position:
..... Movable Works
.......... Movable Works by class: drawings, paintings, prints, other two-dimensional media
Sources and Contributors:
The Crucifixion; The Last Judgment........ [VP]
........ Janson, History of Art (1971) colorplate 28
........ Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accessed 19 May 2019
Subject: ....... [VP]
....................... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/436282
....................... Janson, History of Art (1971) colorplate 28
Note:
English ..... [VP]
..... Metropolitan Museum of Art [online] (2001-) accesed 19may 2019
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