Calvario

Caban group, Calvario, ca. 1875-1900, carved and painted wood and metal, overall: 19 ³⁄₄ x 10 ³⁄₄ x 9 ⁷⁄₈ in. (50.0 x 27.3 x 25.2 cm.) crucifix and base: 19 ³⁄₄ x 10 ³⁄₄ x 9 ⁷⁄₈ in. (50.0 x 27.3 x 25.2 cm.) Virgin: 8 ³⁄₈ x 3 ³⁄₄ x 4 ¹⁄₄ in. (21.3 x 9.6 x 10.8 cm.), Smithsonian American Art Museum, Teodoro Vidal Collection, 1996.91.30A-B

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Artwork Details

Title: Calvario
Artist: Caban group
Date: ca. 1875-1900
Location: Smithsonian American Art Museum
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Luce Foundation Center
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3rd Floor
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21B
Dimensions: overall: 19 ³⁄₄ x 10 ³⁄₄ x 9 ⁷⁄₈ in. (50.0 x 27.3 x 25.2 cm.) crucifix and base: 19 ³⁄₄ x 10 ³⁄₄ x 9 ⁷⁄₈ in. (50.0 x 27.3 x 25.2 cm.) Virgin: 8 ³⁄₈ x 3 ³⁄₄ x 4 ¹⁄₄ in. (21.3 x 9.6 x 10.8 cm.)
Credit Line: Teodoro Vidal Collection
Mediums: metal
wood
Mediums Description: carved and painted wood and metal
Classifications: Sculpture
Subjects: Religion — New Testament — Mary
Religion — New Testament — Crucifixion
Religion — New Testament — Christ
Object Number: 1996.91.30A-B
Linked Open Data: https://edan.si.edu/saam/id/object/1996.91.30A-B

Artwork Description

The exaggerated forms of this santo of the crucified Christ with Mary weeping at his feet convey the Virgin’s sorrow. Christ appears larger-than-life because of his disproportionately long, outstretched arms and the diminutive ladder that rests on the left side of the cross.