The Dead Christ

religious

This painting belongs to the type "Imago Pietatis" which was the dead Christ sits (or stands) on his tomb alone or with John the Evangelist, Mary or other figure. These paintings were usually intended for private devotion. The present painting has the same composition as Perugino's Dead Christ in the The Clark Art Institute, Williamstown.

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About the Artist

Domenico Panetti

1460 – 1512

Italian painter. He was the son of Gasparo de Pannetis of Ferrara and was probably taught by Bona da Ferrara. While still young he painted a Virgin Enthroned and the Infant Jesus, in the sacristy of Ferrara cathedral. He is known to have executed in 1503 a St Joseph, and the Virgin and Child between two Saints. In 1509 he executed the frescoes in the San Maurelio chapel at San Giorgio Extra Muros (beyond the walls) in Ferrara. He painted a processional banner in 1511 for the 'congregazione della morte' in Ferrara. Vasari says he was the master of Garofalo (Benvenuto Tisi).

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