Dead Christ Supported by Angels

Francesco Trevisani's Dead Christ Supported by Angels, painted around 1710, is a devotional image by one of the most important painters of the late Roman Baroque. Trevisani, who came to Rome from Istria, became the preferred painter of popes and cardinals for religious subjects. The theme of the dead Christ attended by angels was a Counter-Reformation devotional image type designed to inspire meditation on Christ's sacrifice.

Trevisani's oil-on-canvas technique demonstrates his characteristic blend of Baroque dramatic lighting with a refinement and sweetness of color influenced by Correggio. The smooth, blended brushwork creates luminous flesh tones and rich draperies that exemplify the devotional elegance of late Baroque Roman painting.