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It is unclear whether the picture is supposed to represent a particular moment or a mystical vision of Christ’s sufferings. It presents Christ as a focus for prayer and meditation. His presence in the chapel takes the place of an altar with a religious painting above. Outside, we see an Italian hillside where stags and deer graze.
Cicognara came from a town near Milan but his work is not well-known as he signed very few pictures. He was a painter and manuscript illuminator, and the precision of the details in the landscape and the architecture fits well with an artist used to working on a small scale.
Title
Mystic Figure of Christ
Date
late 15th century
Medium
Tempera on wood
Measurements
H 50.8 x W 33.3 cm
Accession number
NG3069
Acquisition method
Layard Bequest, 1916
Work type
Painting
