Year 1583–1585 Artist Annibale Carracci Period Baroque | Medium Oil on canvas Created 1583–1585 Genre Christian art | |
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Dimensions 70.7 cm × 88.8 cm (27.8 in × 35.0 in) Location Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Stuttgart Similar Annibale Carracci artwork, Christian art | ||
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The Corpse of Christ is a painting by the Italian Baroque master Annibale Carracci, dating to c. 1583-1585 and housed in the Staatsgalerie of Stuttgart, Germany.
The work, dating to Carracci's early career, is a manifest homage to Andrea Mantegna's Dead Christ, which he had perhaps seen in the Aldobrandini collection. Christ is portrayed lying in a contorted position, seen from his feet. Differently from Mantegna, Carracci did not paint the mourners at the side, and adopted a more realistic depiction of the body.
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