Christ on the Cross, between 1550 and 1580

  • Italian

Linden wood with polychromy and gilding, iron alloy

  • Overall: 56 15/16 × 43 1/16 × 13 11/16 inches (144.7 × 109.4 × 34.7 cm)

Gift of Mr. and Mrs. E. Raymond Field, by exchange

44.212

purchased in Florence by Empress Maria Theresa of Austria [1717-1780] (Vienna, Austria)

her gift to a Hungarian bishop. 1920, brought by a Hungarian bishop to the bishopric of Pittsburgh (Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, USA)

1944-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts by exchange from Bishop John Torok for the painting Christ at the Column, attributed to Sodoma (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Richardson, E.P. "An Italian 16th Century Crucifix," Bulletin of the DIA 24, no. 3 (1945): p. 29. Darr, A. P., P. Barnet, A. Boström, with contributions by C. Avery... [et. al.]. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts. London: Harvey Miller Publishers, in assoc. with the Detroit Institute of Arts, 2002, 2 vols., I, cat. 103.

Italian, Christ on the Cross, between 1550 and 1580, linden wood with polychromy and gilding, iron alloy. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. E. Raymond Field, by exchange, 44.212.