Crucifixion
unknown (Spanish School)
Basic information
- ID
- С-I-364
- Author
- unknown (Spanish School)
- Name
- Crucifixion
- Date of creation
- 17th c.
- Country
- Spain
- Culture
- Modern times
- Technique
- carving
- Material
- ivory wood
- Dimensions (height x width x depth, cm)
- 45 x 28 x 7.5
Additionally
- Type
- sculpture
- Genre
- religious
- Plot
- Crucifixion
- Provenance
- Collection of Leon Pininski
Information about author
Object description
The Crucifixion (Latin: Crucifixio, Latin: Crocifissione) is a fundamental theme of Christian art, depicting the execution of Jesus Christ on Mount Calvary by crucifixion on a cross. The event is described in all four Gospels. The image of the crucified Jesus Christ appeared in the late seventh century after the Quinisext Council (691–692) banned the symbolic representation of the lamb on the cross. The Crucifixion Cross was gradually reinterpreted as an emblem of the Resurrection to eternal life and triumph over bodily death. The type of depiction of Christ wearing only a thigh bandage (loincloth) is called the "Antiochian". It is distinguished from the "Jerusalem" type, which developed in the fifth to sixth centuries, in which Christ is depicted in a tunic (colobium). Until the ninth century, Christ was shown as alive, triumphant, and resurrected on the cross. In the tenth century, figures of the dead Jesus appeared with his eyes closed, and his head tilted to one side. The crucifix from the collection of Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery, attributed to an unknown Spanish author of the 17th century, differs significantly from works of naturalistic Spanish sculpture and represents the desire for idealisation inherent in the masters of the Alonso Cano circle. The work is marked by decorativeness and reminiscences of Mannerism, noticeable in the exquisite curve of the body, the idyllicity of the face, and the elegance of the forms. The combination of a white and golden elephant's braid and the black tone of the cross adds to the work's solemnity.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
