Cleveland Museum of Art
Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child
Benedetto Briosco
- Date
- shortly after 1484
- Medium
- marble with gilding
- Culture
- Italy, Milan
- Department
- European Painting and Sculpture
- Institution
- Cleveland Museum of Art
This relief formed part of a public funerary monument in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Milan. The military leader and diplomat humbly kneels in profile before the infant Christ in a naturalistic setting, drawing attention to the Holy Family’s humanity and the deceased man’s reverence.
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