Lamentation over the Dead Christ
Relief
second half of the 15th century (made), 19th century (cast)
second half of the 15th century (made), 19th century (cast)
Artist/Maker | |
Place of origin |
The spiky, sometimes anguished, style of the North Italian sculptors working in Pavia evidently impressed students of Italian sculpture in the late 19th century. This powerful lunette of a scene from the Passion was placed above a doorway in the Charterhouse (Certosa) at Pavia.
Object details
Object type | |
Title | Lamentation over the Dead Christ (generic title) |
Materials and techniques | Plaster cast |
Brief description | 19th century plaster cast (relief) after the Lamentation over the Dead Christ ascribed to Cristoforo and Antonio Mantegazza, Lombardy, second half of the 15th century. |
Physical description | Plaster cast (relief): Lamentation over the Dead Christ, after marble original ascribed to Cristoforo and Antonio Mantegazza over the doorway to the Small Cloister of the Certosa, Pavia. |
Dimensions |
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Production | Ascribed to Cristoforo and Antonio Mantegazza |
Summary | The spiky, sometimes anguished, style of the North Italian sculptors working in Pavia evidently impressed students of Italian sculpture in the late 19th century. This powerful lunette of a scene from the Passion was placed above a doorway in the Charterhouse (Certosa) at Pavia. |
Collection | |
Accession number | REPRO.1893-489 |
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Record created | June 22, 2000 |
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