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Christ on the Cross

Girolamo Muziano

1560

chalk

paper

From the collection of National Gallery of Art

Renaissance Renaissance Religious

Dominant colour

Christ on the Cross is a 1560 chalk by Girolamo Muziano, a Renaissance work, held at National Gallery of Art.

Who painted this?: Girolamo Muziano
When & what style?: 1560 · Renaissance
Where can I see it?: National Gallery of Art

About this work

This drawing shows a naked man nailed to a cross, arms spread wide. His body is drawn in red chalk on tan paper, with faint grid lines behind him. The lines are loose but show muscles and posture clearly. The paper has a grid—artists used this to copy the drawing onto bigger surfaces. The red chalk looks soft, almost like a sketch. Next, check out the Renaissance movement for more drawings like this.

About the artist

Artist

Girolamo Muziano

Girolamo Muziano or Mutiani (c. 1532 – 1592), was an Italian painter, one of the most prominent artists active in Rome in the mid-to-late sixteenth century.

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