Corpse of Christ explained

Corpse of Christ
Artist:Annibale Carracci
Year:1583–1585
Medium:Oil on canvas
Height Metric:70.7
Width Metric:88.8
Metric Unit:cm
Imperial Unit:in
City:Stuttgart
Museum:Staatsgalerie Stuttgart

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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