PASO DEL SANTÍSIMO CRISTO DE LA VIDA

RESEÑA HISTÓRICA

The image is ordered and defrayed by the Molina Guillén family in 1946. As presentation of the work, it was showed in the National Modern Art Museum in Madrid, from the 18 February to 2 March 1946. It walked for the first time in the early morning on Good Friday in 1960, as procession of the penitents or Procession of the Silence and which stayed during six years. In 1971 it starts again the procession with the off of the electric light in the itinerary and the illumination is given by the bonfires on the corners of the itinerary. In June 1978 it is definitely integrated as Brotherhood inside the bossom of the Central Board of Easter.

SEDE CANÓNICA

Canonically erected in the Santiago’s Main Church.

INSIGNIAS DESTACADAS

Guide Lanterns: lanterns of silversmithing made in the workshops of Hermanos Marín Díaz from Sevilla (1989).
Guide-Crucifix: it was acquired to Taller de Restauración de la Conferencia Episcopal Española in 1992. Polychromed by Mr Francisco Berlanga from Ávila and the Cross by Mr. Julián Sánchez, both from Sevilla.

ICONOGRAFÍA

It represents the death of Christ on the Cross. The art critic Antonio Oliver said: “…although fixed on the cross, this Christ is on purity, already in Heaven…”.

AUTOR

José Planes Peñalver, born in Espinardo on the 23th December 1891. In 1932 he won the Sculpture National Award. In 1933 he founded the Trade and Arts School in Murcia. In 1960 he is named academician in Fine Arts in San Fernando and in Alfonso X el Sabio.

TRONO

The first andas and crosses are made by the cabinetmaker Roque Pastor. In 1986 it is made the new andas by the cabinetmaker Silvio Crespo Olivares and the forging by the brothers Juan, Dimas and Enrique Olivares.