Although this figure of Christ might appear to have been intended for Holy Week processions, it is in fact less than life size, which suggests it was probably made to serve as a devotional piece. The composition itself derives from a bronze by the renowned Italian sculptor Alessandro Algardi (1598-1654), who was based in Rome.
Alejandro Carnicero (1693-1756), however, was trained in Salamanca, Spain, and worked both there and in Madrid. He worked in wood and stone and also made engravings of his own sculpture. Between 1726 and 1731 he collaborated with Jose de Larra and others on the choirstalls of Salamanca Cathedral, and he probably completed the choirstalls at Guadalupe between 1742 and 1744.

One bronze version is in the convent of the Descalzas Reales in Madrid, another one in the Museo Nacional de Artes Decorativas in Madrid, while another is in the Ex-convento de Madres Capuchinas in Toledo. A fourth bronze was auctioned at Sotheby's, London on 5 December, 2012, lot 84 (formerly auctioned at Sotheby's, London, 13 November, 1975, lot 105, sold to the British Rail Pension Fund, then again at Sotheby's London, 4 July, 1996, lot 43).