Crucifix

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Crucifix

Alessandro Algardi (Italian, 1598–1654)LinkedCulture matchlcp-f2cd0721228b

Date
c. 1646
Medium
Bronze, wood with ebonizing and staining
Culture
Italy
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago
Object ID
182379

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Bronze, wood with ebonizing and staining This expertly cast bronze is one of the finest surviving versions of a lost silver crucifix that Alessandro Algardi made for Pope Innocent X in 1646. Jesus’s expression displays the agonized emotion caused by his torture on the cross, yet his body appears graceful and idealized. The cross is made of stained and ebonized pearwood and appears to be original, with the drilled holes at the bottom most likely used to affix it on an altar.

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Credit line
Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and Walter E. Heller Foundation Endowment; Mrs. J. Ward Thorne Fund; purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Krehbiel, Mr. and Mrs. John Jeffry Louis, III, and Harry A. Root
Provenance
Probably Bartolomeo dal Pozzo (d. 1722), Verona, by 1722 [this and the following according to Trinity Fine Art, Limited, London invoice dated 10 October 2003]. Santa Maria in Organo, Verona. Possibly Imbert, Milan [invoice cited]. Julius Goldschmidt, London, by 1954 [invoice cited]. Private Collection, London. Trinity Fine Art, Limited, London, by 2003; sold to the Art Institute, 2004.

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AAT300301253

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