A highly realistic Colonial Baroque wood carving from the Quito School depicting Christ’s final agony
Christ is shown alive, looking upwards with parted lips, capturing the exact moment of his final breath rather than after death. The skin features a brilliant “encarnado” finish, achieved by rubbing the oil paint with a sheep’s bladder to simulate sweat and tension. The sculpture includes hyper-realistic additions (“postizos”) such as inserted glass eyes and a real crown of thorns made of wire or braided branches. The cross is carved to resemble a rough tree trunk (Arbor Vitae), with a carved skull at the base representing Golgotha and Adam’s tomb
Quito School sculpture; Catholic hyperrealism; The Crucifixion; Colonial Baroque.
A masterpiece of the Quito School (Escuela Quiteña), demonstrating the absolute pinnacle of Latin American colonial hyperrealism. It was designed for intimate, private devotion in a noble house or hacienda rather than a large church
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