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The Lamentation over the Dead Christ

Statuette
1759 (made)
Artist/Maker
Hagenauer, Johann Baptist (maker)
Place of origin
Austria (made)

This bronze group is by Johann Baptist Hagenauer (1732-1810), executed in Austria in 1759. It was once questioned that the three separate pieces are belonging together, but given the formal coherence of the group, this doubt can be abandoned. Hagenauer orients himself with this composition on the work of the Austrian sculptor Georg Raphael Donner (1693-1741).


Object details

Categories
Access_to_Images 2003
Christianity
Death
Sculpture
SCRAN
Object type
Statuette
TitleThe Lamentation over the Dead Christ (popular title)
Materials and techniques
Lead
Lead
Brief description
Statuette, lead, The Lamentation over the Dead Christ, by Johann Baptist Hagenauer (1732-1810), Austrian, dated 1759
Physical description
The Virgin seated with the body of the dead Christ in her lap is comforted by St. John.
Dimensions
  • (by mh 21 9 06) height: 20.2cm
  • (by mh 21 9 06) width: 16.6cm
  • (by mh 21 9 06) depth: 17.7cm
  • Max depth including overhang of christ's foot depth: 18.1cm
Object history
Bought from H. Bier, for £105, in 1954.
Subjects depicted
Mary (Virgin Mary)
Jesus Christ
John (Saint John the Evangelist)
Summary
This bronze group is by Johann Baptist Hagenauer (1732-1810), executed in Austria in 1759. It was once questioned that the three separate pieces are belonging together, but given the formal coherence of the group, this doubt can be abandoned. Hagenauer orients himself with this composition on the work of the Austrian sculptor Georg Raphael Donner (1693-1741).
Bibliographic reference
Baum, E., Katalog des Österreichischen Barockmuseums im Unteren Belvedere in Wien, Vienna/Munich, I, 1980, nos 127a, b, c, pp. 221-224
Collection
Sculpture Collection
Accession number
A.40-1954

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Record createdJanuary 14, 2004
Record URL
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