Christ at the Column | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1943.1295
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Christ at the Column
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture
Date: 1575-1600
Culture: French
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/229711

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze with black-bronze patina

Technique

Cast

Dimensions

18.5 x 5.4 x 8.8 cm (7 5/16 x 2 1/8 x 3 7/16 in.)
with base: 23.3 x 9.4 x 8.8 cm (9 3/16 x 3 11/16 x 3 7/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

exhibition label: bottom of base, black ink and graphite, printed and handwritten: [printed:] EXHIBITION / [Reg.?] no. [handwritten in graphite:] [25 or 75?] / ITALIAN ART
label: bottom of base, black ink, handwritten: on loan from / H. Wi[ ]r / No. [ ] 1865 [or poss Reg no]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Grenville L. Winthrop, New York, NY; his bequest to the Fogg Art Museum, 1943.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Bequest of Grenville L. Winthrop

Accession Year

1943

Object Number

1943.1295

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

Manfred Leithe-Jasper and Patricia Wengraf, European Bronzes from the Quentin Collection, M. T. Train / Scala Books (2004), p. 284; repr. p. 286 as fig. 1

Verification Level

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