Dead Christ with Two Angels | Harvard Art Museums

Identification and Creation

Object Number: 1934.78
People: Unidentified Artist
Title: Dead Christ with Two Angels
Other Titles: Former Title: Pieta
Classification: Sculpture
Work Type: sculpture, relief
Date: 1500-1550
Places: Creation Place: Europe, Italy, Tuscany, Florence
Culture: Italian
Persistent Link: https://hvrd.art/o/230819

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze with light brown patina

Dimensions

10.9 x 8.4 x 0.4 cm (4 5/16 x 3 5/16 x 3/16 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

label: on reverse, handwritten in green ink:: 3.

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History: Stefano Bardini, Florence, sold [through Christie's, London, May 26, 1902, lot 199]; to H. O. Watson, New York. Grenville Lindall Winthrop, New York, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1934

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Grenville L. Winthrop, Class of 1886

Accession Year

1934

Object Number

1934.78

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

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Publication History

Signor Stefano Bardini Collection, auct. cat., Christie's, London (London, England, May 1902), no. 199, repr. pl. 9

Exhibition History

Unidentified exhibition, Lawrence University, 1936, Lawrence University, Appleton, 11/23/1936 - 01/18/1937

Verification Level

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1934.78: Dead Christ with Two Angels