Christ Taken Down from the Cross, late 15th - early 16th century

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Medium

bronze//Medium brown patina

Dimensions

overall (without loop): 6.9 x 5.1 cm (2 11/16 x 2 in.) gross weight: 59 gr

Credit Line

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.368

Artists / Makers

North Italian 15th Century (sculptor)

North Italian 16th Century (sculptor)

Image Use

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Inscription

on reverse: IM MOS; on reverse monogram: MR

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

Dreyfus, Gustave
Duveen Brothers, Inc.
Kress Foundation, Samuel H.

Bibliography

1931: Ricci, Seymour de. The Gustave Dreyfus Collection. Reliefs and Plaquettes. Oxford, 1931. vol.II, 244.

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: 145, as Descent from the Cross, Paduan 15th Century.

1965: Pope-Hennessy, John W. Renaissance Bronzes from the Samuel H. Kress Collection: Reliefs, Plaquettes, Statuettes, Utensils and Mortars. London, 1965: no. 342.

1983: Wilson, Carolyn C. Renaissance Small Bronze Sculpture and Associated Decorative Arts at the National Gallery of Art. Washington, 1983: 79, no. 17.

2011: Rossi, Francesco. La collezione Mario Scaglia: placchette. 3 vols. Bergamo, 2011: 1:106, under Prototipo, M.6, under Storia critica.

2013: Leino, Marika. Fashion, Devotion and Contemplation: The Status and Functions of Italian Renaissance Plaquettes. Oxford, 2013: 94 fig. 60, 95.