Dead Christ
15th century
Artist
Artwork overview
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Medium
gilded bronze//(much rubbed on exposed surfaces)
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (arched): 11.34 x 7.26 cm (4 7/16 x 2 7/8 in.)
gross weight: 177.07 gr (0.39 lb.) -
Accession
1957.14.406
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Gustave Dreyfus [1837-1914], Paris; his estate; purchased 1930 by (Duveen Brothers, Inc., London and New York); purchased 1945 by the Samuel H. Kress Foundation, New York; gift 1957 to NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1886
Molinier, Émile. Les Bronzes de la Renaissance. Les Plaquettes; Catalogue Raisonné. 2 vols. Paris, 1886: 2:75, no. 467, as North Italian.
1931
Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931: 203, no. 282, pl. 85, as North Italian.
1951
Renaissance Bronzes: Statuettes, Reliefs and Plaquettes, Medals and Coins from the Kress Collection. Introduction by Perry B. Cott. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1951: 147, as North Italian.
1965
Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: 97, no. 345, fig. 293, as North Italian.
1998
Avery, Charles, Marzia Ratti, and Angela Acordon, eds. Sculture: bronzetti, placchette, medaglie. Museo Civico Amedeo Lia, La Spezia. [Cinisello Balsamo], 1998: 265, no. 186.
2006
Bergbauer, Bertrand and Catherine Chédeau. Images en relief: La collection de plaquettes du Musée National de la Renaissance. Paris, 2006: 80.
2011
Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:113, under Variante B, M.9, as Venetian school, end of the fifteenth century.
Markings
Reverse formerly bore previous inventory number 282 in yellow paint (Ricci 1931); numerals removed in 1982 cleaning.
Wikidata ID
Q63814823