Perugino (c.1446-1523)
Trittico Galitzin (The Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John, Saint Jerome, and Saint Mary Magdalene)
c.1482–1485
Oil on panel transferred to canvas
National Gallery of Art, Washington
This triptych was sold as a work of Raphael to Prince Alexander Mikhailovich Galitzin, Russian ambassador to Rome. In 1931 it was one of the masterpieces sold in a semi-secret deal by Stalin, purchased by the American entrepreneur Andrew W. Mellon, whose collection was the original nucleus, since 1937, of the nascent American museum.
Left panel:
Perugino (c.1446-1523)
San Girolamo
c.1482–1485
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Central panel:
Perugino (c.1446-1523)
Crucifixion
c.1482–1485
National Gallery of Art, Washington
Right panel:
Perugino (c.1446-1523)
Santa Maria Maddalena
c.1482–1485
National Gallery of Art, Washington