332 - CATALAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1550

CATALAN SCHOOL, CIRCA 1550 The Risen Christ Showing His Wounds Softwood panel, single plank, unjoined Height: 50 cm - Width: 40.5 cm Previous restorations and missing sections Our panel was the central element of a predella and depicts the Risen Christ in his tomb, opening the wound on his right side to fill the chalice with his blood, in reference to the Eucharist. This is an *Effusio Sanguinis*, a theme associated with Dominican devotion, indicating that it belonged to an altarpiece painted for a church belonging to that order. This specific subject can also be found from the same period, the late fifteenth century, in the works of Giovanni Bellini (London, National Gallery), Carlo Crivelli (Milan, Poldi Pezzoli Museum), and Benvenuto di Giovanni (Town Hall of Montalcino).