Sujet

The Deposition; Book of Hours, about 1420. Creator: Spitz Master.

Légende

The Deposition; Book of Hours, about 1420. Additional Info:In the miniature of the Deposition, the Virgin Mary, Joseph of Arimathea, Nicodemus, and Jesus' other followers stand and kneel in a shallow, stagelike space before a flat, textile-patterned background whose richness contributes to the image's ceremonial quality. The miniature introduces a verse meditation on the Virgin's experience of the Crucifixion, the moving prayer known from its opening lines as the Stabat Mater. Arranged symmetrically around Jesus, his followers lower his crucified body from the cross. In concert they present his limp, lifeless form to the viewer as an object for veneration. Despairing angels in the borders grieve over Christ's death. The artist's inclusion of naturalistic effects counters the artifice of the theatrical composition. He enveloped the figures in voluminous draperies that fall to the ground in heavy folds suggesting body mass. The artist transmitted a sense of the weight of Jesus' dead body by depicting its effect on the figure in green on the right, who buckles under the strain as he tries to support it.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A67_355

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NA

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Droits gérés

Format disponible

52,9Mo (3,0Mo) / 31,6cm x 42,0cm / 3729 x 4960 (300dpi)

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