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View in the galleryThe slab is still in the angel's grip. He holds the rock back and points, and Christ uses the tomb as a jumping-off point, bursting toward the viewer. Word on Fire's Ellyn von Huben sets the angel's calm against the terrified amazement on the faces of the bystanders.
The Art Institute calls this the only documented painting by Francesco Boneri, perhaps the boy who assisted Caravaggio in his last Roman years, and it exaggerates his master's bold contrast of light and dark.
Matthew has the angel roll back the stone, then sit on it. Cecco catches him before he sits.
Sources: Ellyn von Huben, 'Easter: Caravaggio and the Wondrous Love', Word on Fire, 27 March 2016, read 2026-09-24 · The Art Institute of Chicago, The Resurrection, 1934.390, read 2026-09-24 · The Art Institute of Chicago, via Google Arts & Culture, read 2026-09-24
And behold there was a great earthquake. For an angel of the Lord descended from heaven and coming rolled back the stone and sat upon it.
Matthew 28:2 · Douay-Rheims (Challoner)
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