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Christ of Caprarola
Artist:
Date:
1597
Location:
Not on display
Century:
Media:
Etching, Engraving, And Drypoint
Dimensions:
Image: 124 x 160 mm (4 7/8 x 6 5/16 in.)
Department:
Object Type:
Country:
Continent:
Europe
Provenance:
ILL in the plate: Annibal Caracius (in) fe. Caprarolae. 1597;
ILR in the plate: 1597;
Verso, in brown ink: partial tracing of the figure of Christ;
Provenance:Christie's 12/6/73, no. 21; M. S. sopher (his stamp LL on verso);
Sopher 17th c. cat. no. 53
Accession Number:
1995.124.40
Acquisition Date:
1995-12-31
Credit Line:
Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Sopher Collection
Exhibition History:
CPLH, Recent Acquisitions, 14 June - 14 Sept 1997.
The body of the dead Christ leans against the knees of the Virgin, disciples gather around them.
Contemporaneous Works “Art from the same century and country”
The Glorification of the Virgin, pl. 17 in The Life of the Virgin (early 16th century)