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Introduction to the Painting and its Artist

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'Joseph was the elder son of the Hebrew patriarch Jacob and of Rachel. His numerous older brothers were strictly only half-brothers, being the sons of Leah or of handmaidens. The events of his romantic life story have been depicted continuously in Christian art from the 6th century onwards. The medi...

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Depicted is the lamentation of Christ under the cross, a scene that does not appear as such in the Bible. To the left we see John the Evangelist, barefoot and robed in a red mantle. His right hand supports the Saviour’s upper body, which is resting against the Virgin’s knee. With his left hand he is...

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The four Gospels give accounts of Christ's descent from the cross: Matthew 27:57-59, Mark 15:42-46, Luke 23:50-53 and John 19:38-39.2 All identify Joseph of Arimathaea, ‘an honourable counsellor’ and ‘a good man and just’, as the believer who obtained Pilate’s permission to take down Christ’s body f...

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Holding shared walking sticks, six blind men are shown at the moment when their leader stumbles into a ditch. Soon the others will also fall, which the artist conveys by painting the figures along a slanted diagonal. The five standing men are painted with their faces turned up since they rely on the...

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LABEL TEXTThough it appears to be a finished work of art, this canvas nonetheless is thought be the modello (working sketch) for Philippe de Champaigne’s large altarpiece commissioned for the main altar of the church at the Grande Chartreuse, the head monastery of the Carthusian religious order loca...

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Discovering the Masterpiece and its Artist

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