The Dead Christ Supported by the Virgin and Saint John

Moderno

1513 or before

The Dead Christ Supported by the Virgin and Saint John by Moderno

Medium

bronze//Medium brown patina

Dimensions

overall: 8.33 × 6.58 cm (3 1/4 × 2 9/16 in.) gross weight: 97.53 gr (0.215 lb.)

Classification

Sculpture

Department

CSD

Museum

National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.

Credit

Samuel H. Kress Collection

Accession Number

1957.14.298

About the Artist

Moderno

Galeazzo Mondella, known to history as Moderno, was born in Verona in 1467 and became one of the most accomplished and widely admired creators of bronze plaquettes during the Italian Renaissance. He joined the Goldsmiths' Guild of Verona in 1485 at the age of eighteen, and by 1487 he had begun working at the court of Mantua, where he adopted the name Moderno—chosen in deliberate counterpoint to hi...

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