Bust of Christ

1606/1607

Raffaello Schiaminossi

Associated Names
Raffaello Schiaminossi

Artist, Italian, 1572 - 1622

The image shows a man with long hair and a beard, wearing a robe. He has a serene expression and his right hand is raised with an open palm. There is a halo-like circle around his head and an inscription below him that reads "IESVS CHRISTVS SALVATOR."

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    etching with engraving on laid paper, laid down

  • Credit Line

    Purchased as the Gift of Jimmy and Jessica Younger, Houston

  • Dimensions

    plate: 50.9 × 37.5 cm (20 1/16 × 14 3/4 in.)
    sheet: 56 × 41.7 cm (22 1/16 × 16 7/16 in.)

  • Accession Number

    2017.9.2

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Bartsch 1802 - 1821, undesc.

  • Series Title

    Christ, the Virgin, the Twelve Apostles, and Saint Paul

Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(A. and D. Martinez, Paris); purchased 2017 by NGA.

Associated Names

Bibliography

1802

  • Bartsch, Adam. Le peintre graveur. 21 vols. Vienna, 1802-1821: undesc

Inscriptions

lower center below image: IESUSCHRISTUSSALVATORMundi; lower right in image: S / RAF (in monogram)

Wikidata ID

Q77258809

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