Brittany

There is a gentle breathlessness in the facial expression, a straining of the sinews and a sharpness of intaglio as if a painting raised to sculpture, which together permeate this figure of the crucified Christ in refined formal tension. The effect is that of the intimate solemnity characteristic of the gothic renaissance of Île de France.
Its Breton origin is exemplified by the notable interchange with the Christ of Caudan which, though repainted and possibly reworked in the arms, has a sculptural quality that overlaps with the intaglio of our work.

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