Corpus and Superscription Plaque

Art Institute of Chicago

Corpus and Superscription Plaque

Florentine

Date
c. 1550
Medium
Gilt bronze
Culture
Florence
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Institution
Art Institute of Chicago

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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Object type
AAT300301253

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