Nicodemus (figure from a Compianto - Mourning the Dead Christ)
Renaissance
1520
147.0 x 65.0 cm
Сфорца-Кастелло
giovanni angelo del maino (1475 – 1536)
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Сфорца-Кастелло (Милан, Италия)
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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
Об этом произведении
- Название: Nicodemus (figure from a Compianto - Mourning the Dead Christ)
- Художник: giovanni angelo del maino
- Год: 1520
- Размер оригинала: 147.0 x 65.0 cm
- Формат: Tall
- Правовой статус: Общественное достояние
- Местонахождение: Сфорца-Кастелло
- Период творчества: Mature Renaissance
- Цветовая палитра: Neutrals
- Ключевые слова: 15th century art , siena sculpture art , nicodemus mourning