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TOUCHING DEAD PITY ON CHRIST #1777923

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TOUCHING DEAD PITY ON CHRIST #1777923
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Description: TOUCHING DEAD PITY ON CHRIST. Striking and touching holy scene in which Christ, just deposed by the cross, lies lifeless between his mother's arms. The body is not stiffened yet by the rigor mortis, however causes the pain signs: the inflated and closed eyes seem two inflated almonds, and the pale face seems strike, almost prick the sensitivity of who looks at him, also aureole, compotes from rays tends to point out to highlight the composition sentimentalism, almost pathetics. Christ's body lies lain down in arm to his mother than with the hand right shows the son's lifeless body and raises the eyes to the sky. The woman, upset in the soul, shows a lying face, almost serene, if it was not for some imperceptible signs wanted by artist who show to his pain: the tightened young woman's lips, the big eyes, polish for the tears, turn to the council sky, and say the mystical acknowledgement of her destiny, which shows all of hurt?s weight, although just known.
The setting of the group is perfectly balanced in ones and in lights, which seems to bring the viewer?s look in order to read and understand better the mean of the painting. Light, in fact, put in highlight the portrait of Mary Magdalene, which we find on the right, wrapped by her mantle, traditionally red. She puts on her hands the sheet in which will wrap the Jesus? body, that represents a particular iconografic subjet (Mary Magdalene, in fact, only after three days, will go to the sepulchre, which she?ll find ...
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<tr><td>Condition:good</td></tr>
<tr><td>Year:end of XVIII century</td></tr>
<tr><td>Country:ITALY</td></tr>
<tr><td>Maker:the painting has lower on the left the artist?s signature almost unreadable</td></tr>
<tr><td>Height:43.30</td></tr>
<tr><td>Depth:1.1</td></tr>
<tr><td>Width:34.6</td></tr>

<tr><td>Title:TOUCHING DEAD PITY ON CHRIST</td></tr>
<tr><td>Style:REALISM</td></tr>
<tr><td>Materials:oil on canvas</td></tr>

<tr><td>Location:Pompei Italy</td></tr>
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