Art Institute of Chicago

Crucifix

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

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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