Florentine
Corpus and Superscription Plaque
INV-2247
Florentinec. 1550
Corpus and Superscription Plaque
Florentine →sixteenth century16th Centurystatuettesculpture
Date
c. 1550
Medium
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
33 × 30.5 × 7 cm (13 × 12 × 2 3/4 in.)
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Location
Chicago, IL
Credit
Gift of Edward M. Nagel
This figure of the dead Christ and the accompanying plaque were once mounted on a cross, now lost. The complete group would have served as the focal point of an altar in a private chapel, much like the crucifix in Jacopo da Empoli’s portrait of a woman.
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