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DiaporamaNicodemus (figure from a Compianto - Mourning the Dead Christ)
Renaissance
1520
147.0 x 65.0 cm
Sforza Castle
giovanni angelo del maino (1475 – 1536)
Giovanni Angelo del Maino (1475-1536) was a pivotal Italian painter of the Renaissance, renowned for dramatic scenes like 'The Massacre of the Innocents'. Explore his religious art & masterful compositions.
Sforza Castle (Milan, Italy)
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This wooden statue,like the statue depicting Magdalene, was part of a Compianto (Mourning the Dead Christ) a polychrome sculptural grouptypical of sacred art from the 14th century, showing Christ taken from theCross surrounded by seven figures).The entire work, which also included the figures ofthe Virgin, of St. John, of Mary Magdalene, of Nicodemus and of Joseph ofArimathea, was sculpted by Lombard sculptor Giovanni Angelo del Maino.It is thought that the composition remained whole until the 1920s-1930s and wasthen broken up for various private collections. Inthis depiction of Nicodemus, who traditionally was said to have extracted thenails from Christ
About this artwork
- Title: Nicodemus (figure from a Compianto - Mourning the Dead Christ)
- Artist: giovanni angelo del maino
- Year: 1520
- Original dimensions: 147.0 x 65.0 cm
- Format: Tall
- Copyright status: Public domain
- Where to see it: Sforza Castle
- Creative period: Mature Renaissance
- Color palette: Neutrals
- Keywords: 15th century art , siena sculpture art , nicodemus mourning
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