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Christ on the Cross, 1555-62 (black chalk on paper)

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COU7291904
Image title
Christ on the Cross, 1555-62 (black chalk on paper)
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Artist
Buonarroti, Michelangelo (1475-1564) / Italian
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Location
The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust)
Medium
black chalk on paper
Date
c. 1555 AD - c. 1562 AD (C16th AD)
Dimensions
30x18.7 cms
Image description

This master drawing is part of an extraordinary series of works in which the almost ninety-year old Michelangelo meditates on the crucified Christ whose sufferings are visualised in the intensely worked figure. Rather than being vigorously and firmly delineated, the contours of the body are made of light, overlapping strokes and frequently changed as if the body was eroding and the artist’s hand trembling. The drawing technique thus conveys the frailty of the crucified Christ and provides us with an intimate expression of Michelangelo’s immersion in his Passion during the process of drawing.

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Photo © The Courtauld / Bridgeman Images
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© Accepted by HM Government in lieu of capital transfer tax and presented to the Samuel Courtauld Trust for The Courtauld Gallery in 1981.
Image keywords
16th century / art / Christianity / religion / colour / sketch / drawing / Crucifixion of Jesus / Bible (scene) / Jesus Christ / Bible (character) / Bible / Passion of Jesus / New Testament / suffering / man / religious image / Italy / Europe / Michelangelo (1475-1564) / artist / sculptor / Renaissance / one person / mzdrawing / crucifixion / execution / torture
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