The Béjar Crucifix
by OCAMPO, Andrés de, Gilt and polychromed wood, height 230 cm (overall)
This crucifix originates from the chapel of the ducal palace of El Bosque, a large country house built for Don Francisco de Zuniga y Sotomayor, 4th Duke of B�jar and Plasencia, and his wife Brianda Sarmiento de la Cerda in the town of B�jar near Salamanca. Characteristic features are the angular pectoral muscles, mirrored by the outline of the lower edge of the rib cage, and the overall muscular build.