A poignant interpretation, carved from linden wood, of one of the most challenging sacred subjects precisely because, over two thousand years, it has become an "icon" of artistic inspiration. The anonymous master manages to make the dramatization of Jesus dead on the Cross moving and evocative. The anatomical wisdom of the face, the bony prominences of the body drained of suffering, the lightness of the folds of the drapery, all testify to the sculptor's mastery. The domestic dimensions of the work (neither large nor small) make its uniqueness evident, likely the result of a private commission to adorn an altar or chapel. The references to the German naturalistic tradition of a post-Durerian stamp are evident, as is the taste for the almost miniature representation of anatomical details. A work of great artistic and spiritual significance destined for lovers and collectors of the genre.
Southern Germany - end of the 1800s
Cross: height 100 cm, width 60 cm
Sculpture: height 50 cm, width 44 cm, depth 12 cm
