The Crucifixion with the Virgin and Saint John; Saint Anthony Abbot at the Foot of the Cross (one side of a processional banner) (formerly attributed to Barnaba da Modena)

Rendered in tempera on a wooden panel, the image employs a vivid yellow ground and a decorative red border filled with intricate motifs. The figures are outlined with clear contours, and the use of halos and symbolic colors—red sashes, white shrouds—reflects the International Gothic aesthetic prevalent in late‑fourteenth‑century Italy.

Originally misattributed to the 14th‑century painter Barnaba da Modena, scholarly reassessment has confirmed Spinello Aretino as the creator. The banner was likely used in processions during religious festivals before entering the museum collection, where it was acquired by the Victoria and Albert Museum in the early twentieth century.

Spinello Aretino worked in the Tuscan and Florentine regions, producing works for both private devotion and public liturgical use. This banner exemplifies the function of portable religious imagery in medieval processions, serving both didactic and devotional purposes for congregations moving through urban streets.