Crucifixion with Magdalene, St. Antonius of Padua and St. Georg

Bartolomeo di Giovanni was a Florentine painter of the late fifteenth century closely associated with Ghirlandaio's workshop and with Botticelli's circle, whose work bridges large-scale fresco commissions and the intimate predella panel format. His Crucifixion with Magdalene, Anthony of Padua, and George is a devotional panel that assembles saints across the spectrum of Christian history — the penitent from the Gospels, the Franciscan preacher, and the warrior martyr — around the central sacrifice. Such multi-saint Crucifixion panels were common for private chapels whose patrons held multiple dedications.

Bartolomeo di Giovanni constructs the cross as a stark vertical in a landscape that opens to a distant city on the left — a Florentine convention going back to Masaccio. His figure drawing is more linear than Ghirlandaio's, with drapery folds defined by incised outlines and flat colour fields.