Vía Crucis

JOSÉ JUÁN CAMARÓN MELIÁ (1760-819)

A set of fifteen drawings by José Juan Camarón Meliá made in pencil on laid paper of similar dimensions, illustrating the Stations of the Cross. Preparatory drawings for the corresponding plates engraved by Vicente Capilla. All of them are made with a meticulous and precise pencil stroke and, unlike the corresponding prints, they are not signed, nor do they show the explanatory text or the ordinal numbering of the stations, which the prints do have. The series begins with the passage of Jesus being whipped, when it is more usual to do so with that of Jesus before Pilate. The scene of the Two angels adoring the cross, which precedes the representations of the fourteen stations, is conceived as a cover. Despite its academic nature, it is possible to appreciate in them the influence of his father’s style.

Spain, 18th century.

Pencil on laid paper.

The set is sold with the series of fifteen prints by VICENTE CAPILLA (1767-1833?).