Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels (Bellini, Venice)

Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels is a painting by Italian Renaissance painter Giovanni Bellini, created around 1460. It is housed in the Museo Correr in Venice.

Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels
ArtistGiovanni Bellini
Yearc. 1460
MediumTempera on poplar panel
Dimensions74 cm × 50 cm (29 in × 20 in)
LocationMuseo Correr

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 apocriphal, such as Albrecht Dürer's monogram.

Sources

  • Olivari, Mariolina (2007). "Giovanni Bellini". Pittori del Rinascimento. Florence: Scala. ISBN 88-8117-099-X.


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