Study of the Figure and Head of Christ in "Christ on the Cross and Mary Magdalene"

c. 1879

Mosè Bianchi

Associated Names
Mosè Bianchi

Artist, Italian, 1840 - 1904

The image displays a pencil and ink sketch of a figure, focusing on the upper half of the body. The person's arms are raised slightly, and their facial features are lightly sketched. The body is drawn in detail, emphasizing musculature and form. The background is plain, with some ink shading to suggest texture or shadowing.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    graphite, brush and black wash, heightened with white chalk on coarse gray paper

  • Credit Line

    Joseph F. McCrindle Endowment Fund

  • Dimensions

    sheet: 49.5 × 37.4 cm (19 1/2 × 14 3/4 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.31.1

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Juan (d. 1920) and Felix Bernasconi (d. 1914), Lugano; by descent in the Bernasconi family; Maria Elvira Celia Mendez de Bernasconi (d. 2005) by 1977 (probably the Bernasconi sale, Christie's, London, 27 March 1987); (Stanza del Borgo, Milan); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Inscriptions

by later hand, center verso in ballpoint pen: Maria Elvira Celia Mendez de Bernasconi / 1977; in graphite: 255; graphite sketch of Christ on the cross; in graphite, lower right: GP 209

Wikidata ID

Q64617970

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