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The Resurrection of Jesus Christ
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is an oil painting by the Early Baroque Italian artist Pietro Novelli. It dates from 1601 and is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado.
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Subject & Meaning
The scene presents the risen Christ as the central religious figure, rendered in oil on canvas.
The painting depicts the Resurrection of Jesus Christ, identified as its main subject. The scene presents the risen Christ as the central religious figure, rendered in oil on canvas. As a work of religious art, it treats the Resurrection, the Christian event in which Christ rises from the dead, as its devotional focus, with the figure of Jesus Christ serving as the depicted subject of the composition.
The canvas, measuring 163 by 181 cm, is held in the Museo del Prado, where the Resurrection is preserved as part of the institution's collection of religious paintings. The work, dated 1601, situates this iconography within early seventeenth-century devotional painting, presenting the Resurrection as the theological and visual core of the image.
Technique & Style
The work is painted in oil on canvas and measures 163 cm in height by 181 cm in width. Stylistically, the composition centers on the standing figure of Christ emerging from a tomb set within a rocky landscape, with soldiers at the lower left rendered in abbreviated foreshortening and dramatic chiaroscuro. Handling shows fluid brushwork in the drapery and a restrained palette dominated by earthy browns and cool blues, consistent with early 17th-century Italian tenebrist tendencies. The scene’s spatial recession and the emphatic contrapposto of Christ emphasize a dynamic yet controlled figuration.
History & Provenance
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is an oil-on-canvas painting created by Pietro Novelli in 1601. The work depicts the main subject of the Resurrection of Jesus within the genre of religious art. It currently resides in the collection of the Museo del Prado. The painting measures 163 cm in height and 181 cm in width.
Overview
The Resurrection of Jesus Christ is a painting created by Pietro Novelli, an Italian Baroque artist, in 1601. It is executed in oil paint and is part of the Museo del Prado's collection.
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Artist
Pietro Novelli (March 2, 1603 – August 27, 1647) was an Italian painter of the Baroque period, active mainly in Palermo.
