CARPACCIO, Vittore
(b. 1472, Venezia, d. 1526, Capodistria)

The Meditation on the Passion (detail)

c. 1510
Oil and tempera on wood
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The body of the dead Christ is displayed on a ruined throne. The dead Christ almost seems to be dreaming in the warm afternoon sunlight. The sharply divided landscape is symbolic. On the right, where a stag runs from a pursuing leopard, there is a rich landscape of farms, orchards, castles, a peaceful town, and green trees.




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