Cristo morto Italie, Florence, XVIIe siècle, Entourage de Giambologna (1529-1608)

coiffé d'une couronne d'épines, la tête baissée, les yeux fermés, le côté blessé par la lance montrant une plaie, d'où s'écoule une goutte de sang

REFERENCE BIBLIOGRAPHIQUE
C. Avery, A. Radcliffe, Giambologna 1529-1608. Sculptor to the Medici, cat. exp. Edinbourg, Londres, Vienne, nos. 105, 107-9, pp. 144-6

Overall the condition of the bronze is good with dirt and wear to the surface consistent with age. There are remnants of old lacquers to the surface. There is a hole in the top of the head for a halo (now lost) and mount holes at the hands and feet.
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Ce Crucifix en bronze est très proche du modèle, grandeur nature, de Giambologna conservé au couvent de Santa Maria degli Angiolini à Florence (Avery, Radcliffe, op. cit. n°. 105). Une attention particulière est donnée au modelage du torse et du perizonium noué sur sa hanche droite. 
Une oeuvre similaire a été vendue à Sotheby's Londres, le 7 juillet 2006, lot 71.