Federazione Italiana Mercanti d'Arte

Cristo

XVI

"Crucified Christ"
Renaissance wooden sculpture

Early 16th century

Walnut carved with traces of original polychromy

Dimensions (cm): h. 105

 This magnificent "Corpus Christi", with its dramatic expressive power and the extraordinary details of its anatomy, conveys a unique emotion.

The sensation to the touch, like the visual one, is truly extraordinary, with the perception of a body still alive.

 Analyzing the sculpture from a compositional point of view, the accentuation of the muscles of the torso, as well as the strong features of the face, differentiate it from the more common creations, which present a figure with a slender, gaunt, sometimes almost threadlike body.

This is to amplify the message of suffering, and especially in later times, with marked contortions of the body, not very realistic but of great effect.

Furthermore, in most of the wooden sculptures of the high epoch, Christ on the cross is shown dead, with his face reversed, emaciated, resigned and defeated in accepting his sacrifice.

In this case he is depicted alive, deliberately strong and powerful, with his gaze, albeit full of pain, still proud and aware of his Divine power of him.

It is the image of Christ Pantocrator, Lord Almighty and ruler of the world.

The artist thus has the opportunity to optimally express his sculptural skills with a work of incredible vigor where the plastic result reaches the highest levels.

The sculpture is in excellent condition, with the wooden essence still sanissina and not attacked by the woodworm.

The lack of the arms gives a greater artistic and less religious connotation to the magnificent work.

This is a wooden sculpture of international caliber and of absolute museum level.

Certificate of authenticity and lawful origin is issued.
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