Sujet

Study for the Figure of Christ Carrying the Cross, about 1513-1514. Creator: Sebastiano del Piombo.

Légende

Study for the Figure of Christ Carrying the Cross, about 1513-1514. Additional Info: A tender and moving drawing, this is a preparatory study for Sebastiano del Piombo's painting of Christ Carrying the Cross, now in the Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid. The pose, lighting and drapery of the figure in the Madrid painting are closely paralleled in the present drawing, which also indicates the position of the cross resting on Christ's shoulder. The painting for which this is a study was commissioned by the Spanish Ambassador in Rome, Don Jéronimo de Vich y Valterra, probably in 1513 or 1514. The commission came through the mediation of the Sienese banker Agostino Chigi, and the painting shows a new dynamism in Sebastiano's work.

Crédit

Photo12/Heritage Images/Heritage Art

Notre référence

HRM24A77_028

Model release

NA

Property release

NA

Licence

Droits gérés

Format disponible

109,1Mo (7,9Mo) / 44,2cm x 61,9cm / 5221 x 7307 (300dpi)

Mots clés

Italy Italian people male study man men religious arts country religion art guy color medieval Christianity Christ Jesus Jesus Christ Renaissance location century drawing studies concept manuscript sketch MONOCHROME sketches Colour life of Christ mediaeval Middle Ages 16th century sixteenth century grisaille illuminated manuscript vellum Heritage Art Drawing Sebastiano del Piombo del Piombo Sebastiano Piombo Sebastiano del Black chalk on blue paper (now discoloured)