About the Artwork
Pieta with Two Cherubs
ca. 1600
Alessandro Abondio (Artist) Italian, ca. 1570-1638 Antonio Abondio (Artist) Italian, 1538-1591
Gilded bronze
Overall: 1/8 × 2 15/16 inches (0.3 × 7.5 cm)
Sculpture
European Sculpture and Dec Arts
City of Detroit Purchase
24.84
This work is in the public domain.
Markings
------
Provenance
1924-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
For more information on provenance and its important function in the museum, please visit:
Provenance pageExhibition History
Please note: This section is empty
The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.
We welcome your feedback for correction and/or improvement.
Suggest FeedbackPublished References
Molinier, E. Le Plaquettes: Catalogue Raisonne, Paris, 1886, no. 565
Bange, E.F. Staatliche Mussen zu Berlin: Die italienische Bronzen der Renaissance und des Barok, II, Reliefs und Plaketten. Berlin, 1922, p. 137, no. 1476, pl. 34.
Burroughs. Clyde H. "Italian XV and XVI Century Plaquettes." Bulletin of the DIA 6, no. 3 (1924): pp. 29-30, p. 29 (ill.).
Weber, I. Deutch Niederlaendische und Franzoesische Renaissance Plakketten 1500-1650. Munich, 1975, no. 662, p. 290, pl. 180.
Darr, A.P., P. Barnet, A. Boström, C. Avery, et al. Catalogue of Italian Sculpture in the Detroit Institute of Arts. London, 2002, 2 vols., II, cat. 228.
Kindly share your feedback or any additional information, as this record is still a work in progress and may need further refinement.
Suggest FeedbackCatalogue Raisoneé
Please note: This section is empty
Credit Line for Reproduction
circle of Antonio Abondio; circle of Alessandro Abondio, Pieta with Two Cherubs, ca. 1600, gilded bronze. Detroit Institute of Arts, City of Detroit Purchase, 24.84.
Feedback
We regularly update our object record as new research and findings emerge, and we welcome your feedback for correction or improvement.
Suggest Feedback