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| Dead Christ Hold by Two Angels |
| Marco Palmezzano, 1510 |
| Oil and tempera on panel |
| 81 × 79 cm |
| Louvre, Paris |
The Dead Christ Hold by Two Angels is a painting by the Italian Renaissance artist Marco Palmezzano, finished in 1510. Marco Palmezzano ( Forlì, 1460 &ndash 1539 was an Italian painter and Architect, belonging to the Forlì painting school, who It is housed in the Musée du Louvre of Paris, France. The Louvre Museum (Musée du Louvre located in Paris is the world's most visited art museum a historic monument and a national museum of France Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics.
The centre of the scene is occupied by the died figure Christ, portrayed with great attention to anatomical details, but also with evident religious piety; the brightness of his body is further enhanced by the dark stone, resembling a black cave, depicted in the background. This contrast can have also the allegorical meaning of Jesus leaving the sin and the death behind his shoulders. Jesus assumes in this way the evangelic role of proclamation of the end of the dark era of humanity, as also remembered by the presence of the two angels.
The work is influenced by those Giovanni Bellini, which Palmezzano saw in his sojourn in Venice in 1489-1495. Giovanni Bellini (c 1430 – 1516 was an Italian Renaissance painter probably the best known of the Bellini family of Venetian painters Venice ( Italian: Venezia, Venetian: Venesia or Venexia) is a city in Northern Italy, the capital of the
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