Dead Christ with Angels

Image credit: University of Edinburgh

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This work is a colour modello for the lunette of the 'Dead Christ with Angels' now in the sacristy of Sant'Angelo, Milan, which formerly decorated the doorway separating two cloisters of Sant'Angelo. This modello would have represented a fairly well realised version of the final painting.

Procaccini shows the dead Christ surrounded by several grieving angels. Mary Magdalen is also shown, tenderly holding Christ's hand. The more triumphant emotional mood in the final painting signifies a change in theological content, lessening the sense of immediate grief and emphasising the hope for eternal salvation in Christ's sacrifice.

University of Edinburgh

George Square

Title

Dead Christ with Angels

Date

1615–1616

Medium

oil on paper on panel

Measurements

H 28 x W 43 cm

Accession number

EU0729

Acquisition method

bequeathed as part of the Torrie Collection, 1836

Work type

Painting

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University of Edinburgh

George Square, Edinburgh EH8 9LJ Scotland

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