ANTONELLO da Messina
(b. ca. 1430, Messina, d 1479, Messina)

The Dead Christ Supported by an Angel

1475-78
Oil on panel, 74 x 51 cm
Museo del Prado, Madrid

The angel supporting Christ is not merely a passive observer, he experience grief just like human beings, as is movingly expressed by his weeping.




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