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Christ
(Renaissance Europe )
The suffering Christ is a common subject for devotional statuettes. Though Christ has here been stripped to his loincloth by his tormentors, he is poised and reserved. There are two points of attachment on the back of the figure, suggesting that it was once tied to a column.
Della Porta relied on several bronze casters as well as gold- and silversmiths to carry out his designs. There is another version of this "Christ" in silver, cast and finished by a silversmith working closely with Della Porta. Knowing that Emperor Maximilian II owned a "Christ" (now lost) by Della Porta would have inspired a collector in Habsburg circles to obtain a similar piece.
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Seligmann Brothers, Paris; Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Geographies
Italy, Rome (Place of Origin)
Measurements
7 3/16 in. (18.3 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by Henry Walters
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
54.730