Cristo de la Clemencia

CRISTO DE LA CLEMENCIA

BASIC INFORMATION

Title: Cristo de la Clemencia
Author: Juan Martínez Montañés
Year: 1603-1604
Style: Baroque
Technique: Carved out of wood
Location: Cathedral of Seville
General description: It is a sculpture that it was created by Juan Martínez Montañés in 1603-1604. His style is Baroque and it was created with carved out of wood. It is in the Cathedral of Seville.

Cristo de la Clemencia is a sculpture of Juan Martínez Montañés. Montañés was an Spanish sculptor who worked between Renaissance and Baroque. Almost all his work is religious. The statues of Alonso Pérez de Guzmán and his wife Maria Alonso Coronel, made for the chapel of the monastery of San Isidoro del Campo in Santiponce. His works are: San Cristobal y el Niño, santo Domingo penitente, San Juan Bautista, Batalla de los Angeles....

The type of sculpture is free standing figure. The technique is carved out of wood. The light only focuses on the face of Cristo. It is religious because it represents Cristo and it is part of the Bible. The figure is realistic and naturalistic, express very well the emotions The sculpture represent Jesus in the cross with 4 nails (two in the hands and two in the feet). In the figure, I can see the representation of the bones and the blood. He has half-open eyes.

I think that the sculpture is beatiful because Montañés express very well the emotions.