Crucifixion with the Virgin, Saint John and sleeping hebrew

The interest in the painting by Giannino Giovannoni is sparked by two aspects. On the one hand he was an amateur artist, very cultured and productive, whose style was influenced both by Chiarismo and by a strong expressionist and existential tendency. A very prolific artist, he was also a passionate collector, and one of the protagonists of the 20th century tradition. Giannino Giovannoni was also a member of the Dominican laic order. His constant and tranquil faith, interacting in a critical way and with a lively intelligence, led him to conceive a cycle of sacred paintings, most of which were donated to the Andreasi Home. The crucifiction we can admire here, for instance, displays an overall dramatic quality enhanced and not diminished by the free brushwork. Christ is torn and consumed. The cross stands in front of the buildings in Jerusalem, behind it a sky that seems to be bursting into one big flame. The very thin figures of Mary and John are extinguished in a gesture of crushing pain. On the left the sleeping Jew is a beautiful example of 20th century orientalism, revealing the artist’s technical skill, whose nervous mark connects the clothes of the character to the surrounding scenery.