Christ Crucified
probably before 1588
Artist, Flemish, 1529 - 1608
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall (corpus, height including foot rest): 37.2 x 25.4 x 7.8 cm (14 5/8 x 10 x 3 1/16 in.)
overall (cross): 93 x 37.2 cm (36 5/8 x 14 5/8 in.)
overall (corpus, height excluding foot rest): 33.5 x 25.4 x 7.8 cm (13 3/16 x 10 x 3 1/16 in.) -
Accession
1991.16.1
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Private collection, Florence; (Luigi Grassi, Florence); (Michael Hall Fine Arts, New York), before 1971;[1] purchased c. 1983 by Mr. and Mrs. John R. Gaines, Lexington, Kentucky; gift 1991 to NGA.
[1] Notes dated 6 February 1991 in NGA curatorial files record that Michael Hall said he acquired the sculpture from Luigi Grassi in Florence, and that Grassi had acquired it from a Florentine family.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1978
Giambologna 1529-1608, Sculptor to the Medici, Royal Scottish Museum, Edinburgh; Victoria & Albert Museum, London; Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, 1978-1979, no. 110, repro.
1991
Art for the Nation: Gifts in Honor of the 50th Anniversary of the National Gallery of Art, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1991, 36-37, color repro.
Bibliography
1987
Avery, Charles. Giambologna. The Complete Sculpture. Mt. Kisco, NY: 1987: 264, under no. 97.
1988
Götz-Mohr, Brita, ed. Liebieghaus-Museum Alter Plastik. Nachantike Kleinplastische Bildwerke 3 vols. Melsungen, 1987 -: II: Italien Frankreich Niederlande 1500-1800: 72
1994
Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 30, repro.
1998
Avery, Charles. Giambologna. An exhibition of sculpture by the Master and his Followers. From the Collection of Michael Hall, Esq.. Exh. cat. Salander-O'Reilly Galleries, New York, 1998: 74.
Wikidata ID
Q63860865