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Two sad, child-like angels hold up Christ’s lifeless body, one nestling his head sorrowfully against Jesus’s shoulder. Their pink cheeks and chubby arms and legs form a vivid contrast to Christ’s gaunt and greying face. The long thorns of his crown are thrust under the flesh of his forehead; holes from the nails that fixed him to the Cross gape in the backs of his hands; blood trickles down the wound in his side. The Franciscan Order was especially interested in the suffering of Christ at the Crucifixion, as meditation on the pain of the Passion was believed to lead to salvation.
Title
The Dead Christ supported by Two Angels
Date
about 1470-5
Medium
Tempera on poplar
Measurements
H 72.4 x W 55.2 cm
Accession number
NG602
Acquisition method
Bought, 1859
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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