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Devotional Plaque with the Dead Christ
(Renaissance Europe )
The dead Christ is held up for the viewer's meditation and mourned by his mother, St. John the Evangelist, and an angel. Moderno suggests Christ's heroic nature by depicting his body according to the ancient athletic ideal. Such devotional plaques were also admired as art objects for the originality and beauty of the composition. Among Moderno's patrons was the ducal family of Mantua in northern Italy.
Provenance
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Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 11/26/1958 | Treatment | cleaned; coated |
| 10/1/1987 | Treatment | cleaned |
| 10/8/1987 | Examination | examined for condition |
Geographies
Italy, Verona (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 2 3/4 × W: 2 3/16 × D: 5/16 in. (7 × 5.6 × 0.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.69
