15th century Flemish school

Flemish school of the 15th century
"Christ".
In walnut wood.
It presents losses and restorations in the fingers.
Measurements: 83 x 84 cm.

Christ of three nails belonging to a period of transition between the International Gothic and the Renaissance. Of Flemish school, it is appreciated in the carving mixed solutions: the stylization of the face, long and bony, together with the body also elongated in its extremities, as well as the way of marking the ribs and the wiry torso, respond to a transition period. The purity cloth or perizonium does not follow orthodox patterns in the way it is represented as a cloth attached to the body. The legs have been carefully turned, as well as the ankles and feet. His arms open in crosses end in hands with slender, long fingers. In contrast, the torso is more rigid. The head tilts slightly to the right, a depiction that conforms to Scripture: "And bowing his head, he gave up the ghost" (John, XIX-30). The elongated face, with forked beard, sunken cheeks, straight nose and prominent cheekbones, possesses expressiveness, although it shuns all pathos. The countenance remains indifferent to pain, since the body has breathed its last.