Christ on the Cross

c. 1740

Franz Ignaz Günther

Associated Names
Franz Ignaz Günther

Artist, German, 1725 - 1775

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    polychromed and gilded linden (figure); stained fruitwood (cross)

  • Credit Line

    Patrons' Permanent Fund

  • Dimensions

    overall (height of figure): 67 cm (26 3/8 in.)
    overall (height of cross): 137 cm (53 15/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2006.70.2


Artwork history & notes

Provenance

Possibly a monastery, Altötting, Germany. Private collection, Altötting; (anonymous dealer, Erharting, Germany);[1] (Dr. Rainer Jungbauer, Straubing, Germany); purchased 23 June 2006 by NGA.
[1] Provenance prior to NGA's purchase was supplied by Dr. Jungbauer in an e-mail of 11 March 2008 to Alison Luchs (in NGA curatorial files).

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Bibliography

2007

  • Volk, Peter. "Kruzifixe von Ignaz Günther." Zeitschrift des Deutschen Vereins für Kunstwissenschaft 61 (2007): 108-110, fig. 24.

Wikidata ID

Q63863951

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