Pensive Christ
unknown folk sculptor
Basic information
- ID
- С-I-937
- Author
- unknown folk sculptor
- Name
- Pensive Christ
- Date of creation
- 19th c.
- Technique
- carving polychromy
- Material
- wood
- Dimensions
- 30 x 16 x 14 cm (height x width x depth)
Additionally
- Type
- sculpture 3D
- Genre
- religious
- Provenance
- Lviv region
Information about author
Object description
The iconographic type of the Pensive Christ is known in professional and folk sculpture of Ukraine. Few works of this type have survived. The figures are primarily small, somewhere between 50 and 70 centimetres high. Sometimes, there were much lower ones, which included the work from the village of Liutynka. Christ sits on a stone, leaning his elbow on his knee and supporting his head with his hand. His body is covered only with a loincloth on the thighs. There is a Crown of Thorns on Jesus's head; his face is calm, and he expresses deep thought and sadness. The sculpture is made in the manner typical of folk artists. The carver, not having enough professional skills, initially adopted the creative experience of a professional sculptor, giving the work a purely folk style. The touching simplicity and conciseness of the image characterise the Pensive Christ.
Legal regulation
Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery
