Legs of Crucified Christ, after "Crucifixion" by Andrea Mantegna; verso: Horse from the Parthenon Frieze

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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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