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Spanish school, XIX century. "Christ crucified". Polychrome wood carving. Wooden cross. Missing nails. Measurements: 95 x 65 x 18 cm (sculpture); 172 x 80 cm (cross). Wooden sculpture of a crucified Christ. The devotional effigy denotes quality in the carving and interest in capturing the beauty of the human body. In spite of being an anatomy in which the imprint of the pathos is impressed by the stigmata, by the highlighting of the veins and the marked ribs, the carver (ascribed to the neoclassical tradition) turns the members with skill and granting to the whole a noble and harmonious bearing. The tilted head is already resting from suffering. The closed eyelids and the wiry face, framed by a beard worked tuft by tuft, give a veristic countenance. It is a Christ with three nails, covered by a cloth of purity that is stirred by an invisible wind, folding in bold draperies. The extended index and middle fingers allude to the dual nature of Jesus, human and divine.
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Spanish school, XIX century. "Christ crucified". Polychrome wood carving. Wooden cross. Missing nails. Measurements: 95 x 65 x 18 cm (sculpture); 172 x 80 cm (cross). Wooden sculpture of a crucified Christ. The devotional effigy denotes quality in the carving and interest in capturing the beauty of the human body. In spite of being an anatomy in which the imprint of the pathos is impressed by the stigmata, by the highlighting of the veins and the marked ribs, the carver (ascribed to the neoclassical tradition) turns the members with skill and granting to the whole a noble and harmonious bearing. The tilted head is already resting from suffering. The closed eyelids and the wiry face, framed by a beard worked tuft by tuft, give a veristic countenance. It is a Christ with three nails, covered by a cloth of purity that is stirred by an invisible wind, folding in bold draperies. The extended index and middle fingers allude to the dual nature of Jesus, human and divine.
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