Deposition of Christ from the Cross


(oil on canvas 76x63 cm).


Unknown Southern pinter

17th – 18th century

The canvas reveals an original oval-shaped scheme, which leads one to believe it is part of a series of commemorative scenes of the Passion of Christ. The author uses a vigorous chiaroscuro emphasis in the rhythmic scansion involving the protagonists. The repetition of some typologies and draperies linked to a schematism of late sixteenth-century memory, the overall effect fits into the production of the Neapolitan area, especially for the brown tone that characterizes the complexions and the darkness of the clothes.


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