The Tomb of Raphael, The Pantheon
6th March 2020 marked the 500th anniversary of Raphael’s death and a number of exhibitions in this centenary year have focused on re-examining the importance of one of the most important artists of the Italian Renaissance.
El Greco’s Risen Christ
Cristo Resucitado, the risen Christ, is one of the few sculptures made by DomÃnikos Theotokópoulos, better known as El Greco. The small wooden figure is displayed in a tabernacle, also crafted by El Greco, within the Hospital de Tavera, where it sits on the high altar overlooking Tavera’s sepulchre.
Niccolò dell’Arca’s Lamentation over the Dead Christ
The sculptural group of the Compianto sul Cristo morto (‘Lamentation over the Dead Christ’) by Niccolò dell’Arca is located in the main chapel of the Church of Santa Maria della Vita, Bologna. This dramatic depiction of sorrow and death was commissioned by the brotherhood of the Battuti Bianchi around 1463 and consists of a group of life-sized figures – the Madonna and the Three Marys, St John the Apostle and Joseph of Arimathea – weeping over the dead body of Christ, which is laid out between them ready for deposition in the tomb.
Grinling Gibbons’ Crucifixion
On the occasion of the tercentenary from the death of 17th century master woodcarver and sculptor Grinling Gibbons, Factum Foundation was asked by the Grinling Gibbons Society to record in high resolution a wood-carved Crucifixion (1671,limewood, 787 x 1422 mm) within the collection of Dunham Massey, Cheshire, managed by the National Trust.