Corpus and Superscription Plaque
Florentine
1540–1560
- Medium
- Gilt bronze
- Dimensions
- 33 × 30.5 × 7 cm (13 × 12 × 2 3/4 in.)
- Genre
- statuette
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
religionfiring (heating)16th CenturyJesuscasting (process)religious figuresDevotionCrucifixionfigurecrucifixionsreligious scenessculptureinorganic materialChristian subjectsmansixteenth centuryreligiousnonferrous metalbronzestatuettesculptingcopper alloyChristianitysculpture techniquesgildingmetal
About
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.
