Crucified Christ

1648. Pencil on laid paper.
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Christ is depicted crucified and facing forwards, with his head raised towards the right part of the drawing. A skull sits at the foot of the cross. It was attributed to Luis Tristán in the Lefort Collection, but the date precludes the attribution to this artist, who died in 1624. The nature of the nude, the treatment of the wood of the cross and the handling of the pen are very reminiscent of The Pietà by Pereda in the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando. Consequently, this allows for the attribution to the artist from Valladolid with a certain degree of confidence.

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Catálogo de Dibujos. Vol. I. Dibujos españoles siglos XV-XVII, Madrid, Museo del Prado, 1972, p.113

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Inventory number: D000175
Author: Antonio de Pereda y Salgado
Title: Crucified Christ
Date: 1648
Technique: Pencil
Support: Laid paper
Dimension: Height: 185 mm; Width: 130 mm
Provenance: Bequest of Pedro Fernández Durán y Bernaldo de Quirós, 1931
Entry date: 1931

Bibliography +

Collection de M.Paul Lefort. Dessins Anciens...Eaux-Fortes, [s.n], París, 1869, pp. nº 193.

Blanc, Charles, Histoire des peintres de toutes les écoles, Vve Jules Renouard, libraire-éditeur, Henri Loones, París, 1880.

Pérez Sánchez, Alfonso E., Catálogo de Dibujos. Vol. I. Dibujos españoles siglos XV-XVII, Museo del Prado, Madrid, 1972, pp. 113.

Pérez Sánchez, A. E., D. Antonio de Pereda (1611-1678) y la pintura madrileña de su tiempo, Cat. exposición celebrada en Madrid, Salas de Exposiciones del Palacio de Bibliotecas y Museos, Ministerio de Cultura, Madrid, 1978, pp. nº 3.