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Description: | Francesco Trevisani painted the dead Christ with angels on several occasions. By 1698 his important patron Cardinal Ottoboni owned a painting of this subject, and Trevisani later painted a version for Pope Clement XI. The picture in Bristol is probably an early version, for it is painted with a searching Baroque chiaroscuro (extreme contrasts of light and dark). A stark light illuminates Christ's dead body, which is described with a sculptural three-dimensionality, while his face is partly obscured in shadow. The sinuous composition is uncluttered by the further angels which the artist added to the version he painted for the Pope. | Subjects: | angel) religion (Christ | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Trevisani, Francesco (Italian painter, 1656-1746) Æ | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=8883... | Go to resource |
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