Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels (Bellini, Venice)
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Artist | Giovanni Bellini |
Year | c. 1460 |
Medium | Tempera on poplar panel |
Dimensions | 74 cm × 50 cm (29 in × 20 in) |
Location | Museo Correr |
Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels is a tempera painting on panel by Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Bellini, created around 1460. It is housed in the Museo Correr in Venice.
The panel is one of Bellini's earliest Pietà compositions, together with those in the Accademia Carrara of Bergamo and in the Museo Poldi Pezzoli of Milan. The date in the sepulchre's edge (1499) is apocryphal, as is Albrecht Dürer's monogram.[1]
References[edit]
- ^ Olivari, Mariolina (2007). "Giovanni Bellini". Pittori del Rinascimento. Florence: Scala. ISBN 978-88-8117-099-9.