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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1959.117
People
Unidentified Artist
Previously attributed to Alonso Berruguete, Spanish (Paredes de Nava, Spain c. 1480 - 1561 Toledo, Spain)
Previously given to Jacopo Sansovino, Italian (1486 - 1570)
Title
Mocked Christ
Other Titles
Former Title: Ecce Homo
Alternate Title: Ecce Homo / The Mocking of Christ
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
c. 1675
Culture
Spanish
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/221456

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Polychromed wood
Technique
Carved
Dimensions
116.7 × 42.9 × 39.2 cm (45 15/16 × 16 7/8 × 15 7/16 in.)

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
[Frans Hruschka, Vienna, Austria, sold;] to John Coolidge; gift through Leon A. Harris, Jr. to Fogg Art Museum, 1959.*

*John Coolidge purchased this sculpture for the museum for 30,000 German schillings and later asked Leon A. Harris, Jr. to pay for it as a gift to the museum in memory of his father.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Leon A. Harris, Jr. in memory of his father
Accession Year
1959
Object Number
1959.117
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Fogg Art Museum Acquisitions, 1959-1962, Harvard University (Cambridge, MA, 1963), p. 64, repr.
  • Suzanne L. Stratton, Spanish Polychrome Sculpture 1500-1800 in United States Collections, Spanish Institute (New York, NY, 1993), p. 165, repr.

Exhibition History

  • HAA 10 Survey Course: The Western Tradition, Art Since the Renaissance, Harvard University Art Museums, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 03/08/2008 - 04/06/2008
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 08 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, 10/23/2008 - 11/16/2008
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 09 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/16/2009 - 11/08/2009
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 10 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, Cambridge, 10/15/2010 - 11/06/2010
  • HAA 10 Survey Course (S421): The Western Tradition: Art Since the Renaissance (Fall 11 Rotation 2), Harvard Art Museums/Arthur M. Sackler Museum, 10/07/2011 - 11/05/2011

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