Corpus and Superscription Plaque
Florentine
c. 1550
Medium
Gilt bronze
Dimensions
33 × 30.5 × 7 cm (13 × 12 × 2 3/4 in.)
Classification
statuette
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
22472
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
This figure of the dead Christ and the accompanying plaque were once mounted on a cross, now lost. The complete group would have served as the focal point of an altar in a private chapel, much like the crucifix in Jacopo da Empoli’s portrait of a woman.