Lot 2: ANDREA COMMODI Christ's painful head

ANDREA COMMODI
Christ's painful head
Oil on canvas
It's a painting typical of the Tuscan Catholic - Reformation culture between the end of 16th and the beginning of the 17th century. Actually, the golden background which recalls primitives' painting was used in different religious works of art of that time. These works of art were inspired by the cult of the ancient origins of Christianity and by the educated and faithful mark. Features such as Christ's head
bent backwards, the deep and pensive look oriented slightly upwards and the very elegant and defined design of the image recall the Tuscan tradition or of Tuscan origins (the same as Cristofano Roncalli, Durante Alberti, Bacco Ciarpi). Actually, the best representative of the Tuscan tradition is Andrea Commodi who was born in Cortona, but was a dynamic artist who worked in Tuscany and Rome. If we compare one of the most important altarpieces by Commodi the Immaculate Conception of Cortona (published in L. Fornasari-A. Giannotti, Arte in terra d'Arezzo, Il Seicento, edifir 2003, p. 77) and the painful Christ, it shows the style and dating sameness.
Then, this Christ must be one of those sacred images created in the years prior to and after the Holy Year of the17th century. Those years marked the transition from Manierism to a new Tuscan Naturalism and Commodi was one of the most important representatives of that period.
cm 26 x 22

cm 26 x 22

Oil on canvas