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JUAN DE VALDES LEAL. PIETA

JUAN DE VALDES LEAL. Pietà. Artist: Juan de Valdés Leal (Spanish, Seville 1622-1690 Seville). Dimensions: 63 1/4 x 56 1/2 in. (160.7 x 143.5 cm). Date: ca. 1657-60. Valdés Leal was one of the most prominent artists in Seville in the seventeenth century, specializing in theatrical and dramatic religious paintings for churches of the city. Paintings such as this one were heavily indebted to the example of polychrome sculptures and recall in dramatic intensity the <i>pasos</i>--carved and painted ensembles of religious figures that are paraded through the streets of Spanish cities during the week leading to Easter.
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PIETA
Caption:
Pietà. Artist: Juan de Valdés Leal (Spanish, Seville 1622-1690 Seville). Dimensions: 63 1/4 x 56 1/2 in. (160.7 x 143.5 cm). Date: ca. 1657-60. Valdés Leal was one of the most prominent artists in Seville in the seventeenth century, specializing in theatrical and dramatic religious paintings for churches of the city. Paintings such as this one were heavily indebted to the example of polychrome sculptures and recall in dramatic intensity the pasos--carved and painted ensembles of religious figures that are paraded through the streets of Spanish cities during the week leading to Easter.
Technique/material:
OIL ON CANVAS
Museum:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA
Credit:
Album / Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY
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Image size:
3450 x 3878 px | 38.3 MB
Print size:
29.2 x 32.8 cm | 11.5 x 12.9 in (300 dpi)
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