Close, square detail of the face of the Crucified Christ after his death, his forehead pierced by the crown of thorns. Detail of late-1400s polychrome Flemish Burgundian Pietà, sculpted in limestone, in the cathedral at Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France. The complete artwork shows the grieving Virgin Mary gently clasping her son’s wounded body around the chest after its descent from the cross.
Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France: close detail of the face of the crucified Christ, as sculpted by an unknown Flemish artist in the late-15th century. The crown of thorns, still in place, has left traces of blood on Jesus’s forehead. This post-mortem face of Jesus, is a detail of a polychrome Burgundian Pietà originally in a church in Nevers, but now displayed in the city’s Cathédrale Saint-Cyr-et-Sainte-Julitte. The complete Pietà, sculpted in limestone, depicts a relatively youthful grieving Virgin Mary with long golden hair staring into her son’s face as she tenderly cradles his injured body in her arms. Although the artist is unknown, the Pietà is typical of the 15th century Flemish Burgundian tradition influenced by the earlier style of the important Dutch sculptor Claus Sluter ( - ), who served as court sculptor to the Duke of Burgundy from the 1380s.
Size: 2574px × 2575px
Location: Nevers, Bourgogne-Franche-Comté, France.
Photo credit: © Terence Kerr / Alamy / Afripics
License: Royalty Free
Model Released: No
Keywords: 1340-1406, 1400s, agony, art, body, bourgogne-franche-comté, burgundian, burgundy, cathedral, cathedrals, catholic, catholicism, cathédrale, central, century, christ, christian, christianity, claus, court, cross, crown, crucified, crucifixion, , de, death, detail, duchy, dutch, face, flemish, foot, forehead, format, france, french, holy, jesus, kerr, late, late-15th, limestone, mary, mother, netherlandish, nevers, nièvre, painted, passion, pierced, pietà, polychrome, roman, saint, saint-cyr--sainte-julitte, school, sculptor, sculptural, sculpture, sculptured, sluter, square, suffering, symbol, terence, thorns, virgin
