THE AKRA TAPEINOSIS (CHRIST 'MAN OF SORROWS')

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THE AKRA TAPEINOSIS (CHRIST 'MAN OF SORROWS')

CRETAN, BEGINNING OF THE 16TH CENTURY

The naked, half-length figure of Christ is depicted standing within a marble sarcophagus against the outline of the Cross, his hands crossed before him on the front of the tomb, above, two small angels hold their garments up to their faces in a gesture of mourning, gold ground
9 x 7¼in. (23 x 18.5cm.)

Literature

Sotheby's, London, Fine Icons, 7th December 1981, lot 69
Charleroi, Palais des Beaux Arts, L'art des icônes en Crete et dans les îles apres Byzance, (1982) Cat. No.8, pl.6,
London, Royal Academy of Arts, From Byzantium to El Greco:Greek Frescoes and Icons, London (Royal Academy of Arts), 1987, Cat. No.61, p.130, 188-9.

Exhibited

Charleroi, Palais des Beaux-Arts, 1982
London, Royal Academy, 1987

Lot Essay

The icon should be compared with a large late 15th Century icon of the same subject in the Ikonenmuseum Recklinghausen, (See Ikonen-Museum Recklinghausen, 4. erweiterte Ausgabe 1968, Recklinghausen 1968, No.238).

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