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Source Description
The dead Christ is held up for the viewer's meditation and mourned by his mother, St. John the Evangelist, and an angel. Moderno suggests Christ's heroic nature by depicting his body according to the ancient athletic ideal. Such devotional plaques were also admired as art objects for the originality and beauty of the composition. Among Moderno's patrons was the ducal family of Mantua in northern Italy.
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Document identity
localId
16438
label
Devotional Plaque with the Dead Christ
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obj
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object
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1
Source metadata
id
16438
sourceUrl
contentType
object
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normalized
title
Devotional Plaque with the Dead Christ
description
The dead Christ is held up for the viewer's meditation and mourned by his mother, St. John the Evangelist, and an angel. Moderno suggests Christ's heroic nature by depicting his body according to the ancient athletic ideal. Such devotional plaques were also admired as art objects for the originality and beauty of the composition. Among Moderno's patrons was the ducal family of Mantua in northern Italy.
provenance
Henry Walters, Baltimore [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1520-1528 (Renaissance)
citationUrl
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CC0
language
en
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Metal
plaquettes
plaques
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1
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1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
7
height
5.6
depth
0.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 2 3/4 × W: 2 3/16 × D: 5/16 in. (7 × 5.6 × 0.8 cm)
Source extras
med
gilded bronze
creator_ids
2914
collection_ids
REN
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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8979e1faa8c16e29