Dürer, Albrecht (1471-1528) Sudarium held by two angels 1513 Engraving, 10 x 13.9 cm Princeton University Art Museum, Princeton Although Dürer made several celebrated series of Passion engravings, this related image of Christ’s head crowned with thorns is a stand-alone print;…
Bernhardt, Sarah (1844-1923) Portrait funéraire de Jacques Damala (Funerary Portrait of Jacques Damala) c.1889 Marble, 27.9 x 46 x 31.1 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York The great tragic actress, Sarah Bernhardt, was also a gifted sculptor. She carved this…
Allori, Alessandro (1535-1607) Cristo morto con due angeli (The Dead Christ with Two Angels) c.1590 Oil on copper, 45 × 39 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest
Rosso Fiorentino (1495-1540) Cristo morto compianto da quattro angeli (The Dead Christ with Four Angels) c.1524–1527 Oil on panel, 133.4 x 104.1 cm Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Lippi, Filippino (1457-1504) Pietà (The Dead Christ Mourned by Nicodemus and Two Angels) c.1500 Oil on panel, 17.5 x 33.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington
Perugino (c.1446-1523) Compianto sul Cristo morto (Lamentation over the Dead Christ) 1495 Oil on wood, 220 x 195 cm Galleria Palatina, Palazzo Pitti, Firenze Inscription: PETRUS PERUSINUS PINXIT A.D. MCCCCLXXXXV The body of Christ taken down from the cross is lying over…
Rembrandt (1606-1669) Descent from the Cross 1634 Oil on canvas, 158 x 117 cm Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg Like other paintings by Rembrandt on Christian subjects, The Descent from the Cross was not intended for a church, as in Protestant Holland…