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A work made of gilt bronze.

Corpus and Superscription Plaque

c. 1550

Florentine

Florence

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.

Gilt bronze

Painting and Sculpture of Europe