Christ Bearing the Soul of the Virgin

Christ Bearing the Soul of the Virgin
ArtistAndrea Mantegna
Year1462
Mediumoil on panel
Dimensions27,5 cm × 17,5 cm (108 in × 69 in)
LocationPinacoteca Nazionale, Ferrara
Reconstruction of the whole painting

Christ Bearing the Soul of the Virgin is a tempera on panel painting measuring 27.5 by 17.5 cm by the Italian Renaissance painter Andrea Mantegna.[1] It was completed around 1462 and is now in the Pinacoteca Nazionale in Ferrara.[2] It shows Christ in an almond-shaped cloud bearing the soul of the Virgin Mary straight to heaven after her death, accompanied by cherubs. The soul is represented by a statuette, rather than the more usual symbol of a child.[3]

  1. ^ (in Italian) Jadranka Bentini (ed.), La Pinacoteca Nazionale di Ferrara. Catalogo generale, Bologna, Nuova Alfa editoriale, 1992, pp. 65–67. ISBN 8877792922
  2. ^ Catalogue page
  3. ^ (in Italian) Alberta De Nicolò Salmazo, Mantegna, Electa, Milano 1997.