ca. 1610, Artist: Mario Minniti
Minniti, a Sicilian, was among the few artists who befriended Caravaggio and met with him repeatedly until the last phase of his life. This painting is probably modelled on Caravaggio’s now lost versions of the Passion executed in 1605 or 1609. The iconography of the many-figured scene of Christ before Pontius Pilate has been reduced to a half-figure devotional painting, with the dramatic play of light and shadow enhancing the highly effective staging.
Painting
Caravaggio and Caravaggesque painting
ca. 1610
Mario Minniti (1577 - 1640 Syrakus) - GND
Canvas
89,5 x 68 cm
Framed: 103 cm x 81,5 cm x 8 cm
Kunsthistorisches Museum Wien, Gemäldegalerie
Gemäldegalerie, 5665
Coll. Ambras
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