Christ on the Cross, c. 1740

West Building, Ground Floor — Gallery G13-A

Medium

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

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Patrons' Permanent Fund

Accession Number

2006.70.2

Artists / Makers

Franz Ignaz Günther (artist) German, 1725 - 1775

Image Use

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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).

Associated Names

Jungbauer, Rainer, Dr.

Bibliography

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