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POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO. Design for a Crucifix with the Virgin Mary, Saint Mary Magdalen, and Saint John

Design for a Crucifix with the Virgin Mary, Saint Mary Magdalen, and Saint John. Artist: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499-ca. 1543 Messina). Dimensions: 15 7/8 x 9 5/16 in. (40.3 x 23.6 cm). Date: n.d..
Like the studies for an altarpiece exhibited nearby, this drawing dates from the last phase of Polidoro's career, when he was active in Sicily. The haunting depiction of the Crucifixion shows Christ isolated on an elaborate reliquary-like cross rising from the trunk of a tree-an allusion to the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden that bore the forbidden fruit consumed by Adam and Eve, precipitating the fall from grace redeemed through Christ's sacrifice. Isolated in their grief, the mourning figures of the Virgin Mary, John the Evangelist, and Mary Magdalen occupy the space at the base of the cross. The function of this drawing is unknown; it may be a design for a gonfalone, or processional banner, commissioned by a confraternity dedicated to the Crucifix (in which case the Crucifix in the drawing may allude to an actual object of veneration, perhaps a reliquary of the True Cross). Such lightweight works, painted on canvas, often doubled as altarpieces or devotional images when installed in an oratory or the chapter house of a confraternity.

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Autor:

POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO (ca. 1499-ca. 1543)

Título:

Design for a Crucifix with the Virgin Mary, Saint Mary Magdalen, and Saint John

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Design for a Crucifix with the Virgin Mary, Saint Mary Magdalen, and Saint John. Artist: Polidoro da Caravaggio (Italian, Caravaggio ca. 1499-ca. 1543 Messina). Dimensions: 15 7/8 x 9 5/16 in. (40.3 x 23.6 cm). Date: n.d.. Like the studies for an altarpiece exhibited nearby, this drawing dates from the last phase of Polidoro's career, when he was active in Sicily. The haunting depiction of the Crucifixion shows Christ isolated on an elaborate reliquary-like cross rising from the trunk of a tree-an allusion to the Tree of Knowledge in the Garden of Eden that bore the forbidden fruit consumed by Adam and Eve, precipitating the fall from grace redeemed through Christ's sacrifice. Isolated in their grief, the mourning figures of the Virgin Mary, John the Evangelist, and Mary Magdalen occupy the space at the base of the cross. The function of this drawing is unknown; it may be a design for a gonfalone, or processional banner, commissioned by a confraternity dedicated to the Crucifix (in which case the Crucifix in the drawing may allude to an actual object of veneration, perhaps a reliquary of the True Cross). Such lightweight works, painted on canvas, often doubled as altarpieces or devotional images when installed in an oratory or the chapter house of a confraternity.

Técnica/material:

Pen and brown ink, brush and brown wash, over traces of black chalk

Museo:

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA

Crédito:

Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Autorizaciones:

Modelo: No - Propiedad: No
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Tamaño imagen:

2842 x 4309 px | 35.0 MB

Tamaño impresión:

24.1 x 36.5 cm | 9.5 x 14.4 in (300 dpi)

Palabras clave:

DIBUJOS Y GRABADOS • DIBUJOS • EUROPA • ITALIA • METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART, NEW YORK, USA • POLIDORO DA CARAVAGGIO • TINTA • TIZA