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Description: | This small figure of the dead Christ seated on the tomb was probably the central pinnacle on the top level of a polyptych (many-panelled altarpiece). It has also been suggested, based on a physical examination of damage to the right hand edge, that it could have served as the door of a ciborium or tabernacle in which the Communion bread, symbolic of Christ's body, was stored. However, the foreshortened lower body suggests that the panel was meant to be viewed from below, making the polyptych the more likely solution. The figure of Christ may have been supported by two angels, subsequently painted over. Cima worked on the mainland around Venice and was much influenced by the work of his great Venetian contemporary, Giovanni Bellini. | Subjects: | religion (Dead Christ on Tomb) | Source: | Vads | Creator: | Artist: Cima da Conegliano, Giovanni Battista (Italian painter, ca. 1459-1517) Æ Attributed to Attributed to after Bellini, Giovanni (Italian painter, born 1431-1436, died 1516) Previously attributed to Basaiti, Marco (Italian painter, ca.1480-ca.1530) | Identifier: | http://www.vads.ac.uk/large.php?uid=9174... | Go to resource |
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