Joan Maçip Navarro, Called Juan De Juanes
The Crucifixion.
Juan de Juanes was the dominant artistic personality working in Valencia during the mid-sixteenth century and this representation of the Crucifixion was painted in 1578, the year before his death. A late masterpiece by Juanes, the present work is precisely the type of painting that earned the artist the reputation as the Raphael of Spain. More on this painting
The crucifixion of Jesus occurred in 1st
century Judea, most probably between the years 30 and 33 AD. Jesus' crucifixion
is described in the four canonical gospels, referred to in the New Testament
epistles, attested to by other ancient sources, and is established as a historical
event confirmed by non-Christian sources.
According to the canonical gospels, Jesus, the Christ, was
arrested, tried, and sentenced by Pontius Pilate to be scourged, and finally
crucified by the Romans. Jesus was stripped of his clothing and offered wine
mixed with gall to drink, before being crucified. He was then hung between two
convicted thieves and according to Mark's Gospel, died some six hours later.
During this time, the soldiers affixed a sign to the top of the cross stating
"Jesus of Nazareth, King of the Jews" in three languages. They then
divided his garments among them, but cast lots for his seamless robe. After
Jesus' death they pierced his side with a spear to be certain that he had
died. More
on the crucifixion
Juan de Juanes (c.1475-c.1545), was
a Spanish painter, the son of the painter Vicente Macip , who had almost
certainly studied in Italy, and probably in Venice. Juanes painted 'ideal'
Counter-Reformation images, based on Leonardo's Last Supper and Raphael's
Madonnas, but also with some influence from Flanders.
His work is technically less precise than that of his
father in the delineation of form; he preferred sfumato effects in modelling,
very different from the sharper sculptural outlines of Macip. In colour, Juanes
preferred clear, luminous tones with which he achieved a characteristic
Mannerist iridescence. His landscapes, too, differ from those of his father,
becoming yet another decorative element. They often include classical ruins
such as the pyramid of Caius Sextus or Egyptian obelisks, all of which are
treated with the same delicacy and grace as his human forms. More Juan
de Juanes
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