The Merciful Christ

The Merciful Christ
(The Christ of
Clemency) (1603) Seville Cathedral.
In 1603 Montanes created one of his masterpieces of Baroque sculpture, namely The Merciful Christ (Seville Cathedral). This is a polychrome painted wooden sculpture of Christ on the Cross. The written contract between Montanes and the Cathedral in relation to this artwork still survives, and within it is the specific iconological theme outlined that he was to follow.
Christ should, the document stated, be attached to the cross with four nails and he must be represented barely alive, just before dying with his head leaning towards the right and looking at a faithful believer kneeling at his feet'.
http://www.visual-arts-cork.com/sculpture/juan-martinez-montanes.htm

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