£6,000 - £8,000
MANNER OF MAFFEO OLIVIERI, 1484 IN BRESCIA - 1543/1544, A LARGE EARLY 16TH CENTURY POLYCHROME CARVED GILTWOOD AND PAINTED CORPUS CHRISTI
Representing a crucified Christ, already dead, with closed eyelids and half-open lips. The tilted head draws a diagonal with respect to the legs slightly tilted to the opposite side, so that the body is harmonious in anatomy and proportions. There is a restrained drama in the treatment of the traces of suffering, especially in the chest with its marked ribs, and the thinness that gives a glimpse of muscles and tendons, as if the tension of pain were still palpitating in the inert body, the purity cloth is gathered at the side, favouring a play of naturalistic drapery. All these characteristics are typical of the late Gothic period.
(154cm x 150cm)
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