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- Added
- Mar 31, 2015
Before Calvary (third variation)
Shumkin Anatoly- Technique
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 65 × 60 cm
- Year
- 2015
Close-up portrait of Christ's face crowned with thorns, rendered in thick ochre and umber impasto against a dark ground.
- Style
- Expressionism
- Mood
- Somber
- Themes
- Religion · Portrait · Men
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- Payment
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- Shipping
Economy: ~1 month
EMS: 7–10 days
- Packing
Over 100 cm: rolled in a tube
Smaller works: boxed canvas
- Returns
7-day return
Refund after inspection, excluding shipping fees
About this work
The bowed head of Christ fills the canvas, crowned with a thick wreath of long thorns and framed by tangled, matted hair falling past the shoulders. One eye looks down into shadow while the brow and cheekbone catch a narrow band of light, the expression heavy with pain and resignation.
Thick ridges of ochre, burnt sienna and near-black brown are built up with a palette knife, the pigment left raw and unblended so the face emerges from a rough, sculptural surface. Deep shadow swallows the background, leaving the illuminated features to carry the whole mood of quiet suffering.
