- Feb 5, 2002
- 166,654
- 56,277
- Country
- United States
- Faith
- Catholic
- Marital Status
- Married
- Politics
- US-Others
The intense gaze of the “Man of Sorrows” presents a very modern, human portrayal of the suffering Christ.
The great Renaissance artist Alessandro Botticelli’s portrait of a suffering Jesus will be sold by Sotheby’s auction house in January, and is expected to fetch more than $40 million.
“The Man of Sorrows” is one of the last of Botticelli’s great works held in private hands. Executed at the end of his career, in the late 15th to early 16th century, the painting is considered a masterpiece. It conveys Christ’s dual nature: angels bearing the instruments of the Passion form a halo around Jesus’ head pointing to his divinity, while his intense gaze conveys his humanity in a most affecting way.
Continued below.
https://aleteia.org/2021/10/11/bott...ected-to-sell-at-auction-for-over-40-million/
The great Renaissance artist Alessandro Botticelli’s portrait of a suffering Jesus will be sold by Sotheby’s auction house in January, and is expected to fetch more than $40 million.
“The Man of Sorrows” is one of the last of Botticelli’s great works held in private hands. Executed at the end of his career, in the late 15th to early 16th century, the painting is considered a masterpiece. It conveys Christ’s dual nature: angels bearing the instruments of the Passion form a halo around Jesus’ head pointing to his divinity, while his intense gaze conveys his humanity in a most affecting way.
Continued below.
https://aleteia.org/2021/10/11/bott...ected-to-sell-at-auction-for-over-40-million/
