Harvard Art Museums
Legs of Crucified Christ, after "Crucifixion" by Andrea Mantegna; verso: Horse from the Parthenon Frieze
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar Degas
- Date
- c. 1861 (recto); c. 1854-56 (verso)
- Medium
- Graphite on tan modern laid paper
- Culture
- French
- Department
- Department of Drawings
- Institution
- Harvard Art Museums
There are faint very faint studies on the recto: a cloaked figure to the left of Christ's legs, and the outline of the legs and spear of a soldier below the Cross. The verso includes a faint image of a horse's head just above the Degas stamp.
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