RAISING OF LAZARUS WITH SAINT ROCH. OIL ON WOOD. CASTILLIAN SCHOOL, SPAIN, 16TH CENTURY.
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Reference: ZE382
Raising of Lazarus with Saint Roch and two donors. Oil on panel. Castilian School, 16th century. Oil on panel depicting an interior scene with semicircular arches and Ionic capitals, an entrance to the left, a tiled floor, and a tomb to the right. In front of it are two three-quarter-length figures dressed in dark clothing, clasping their hands in prayer, contemplating the scene. Towards the center of the panel, Jesus, dressed in green, is blessing the figure emerging from the tomb, accompanied by a series of figures. On the left side, a male figure appears accompanied by a dog (Saint Roch). The scene depicts the resurrection of Lazarus of Bethany, which appears in the New Testament (John 11). It is no longer common in Spanish Renaissance painting to depict a scene with a saint who does not appear in it, as is the case with the Raising of Lazarus and Saint Roch, but it is not entirely unusual either (it could be due to the donor's devotion, etc.). It is common to see donors contemplating the scene. The attire of these figures clearly places them within the Spanish school and in the 16th century (compare "The Gentleman with His Hand on His Chest" from 1580 by El Greco, preserved in the Prado Museum in Madrid). What is not entirely common is to present this New Testament theme in an interior (Pedro Machuca places it in an interior, in his work from around 1520 in the Provincial Museum of Fine Arts in Granada).
· Size: 105x10x138 cms int: 90x122 cms
14.000 €
