Lot Essay
The present bronze was most likely cast in Bavaria circa 1900.
Property Sold By Order Of
The University Trustees of
THE WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON TRUST
Kansas City, Missouri
*A BRONZE FIGURE OF CRISTO MORTO
Details
*A BRONZE FIGURE OF CRISTO MORTO
IN THE SCANDINAVIAN ROMANESQUE STYLE
Christ wearing a knee-length perezonium and Crown of Thorns, mounted on a bronze cross, a hand of benediction pointing towards Christ's head, the back inscribed with museum accession number '66-6' (traces of polychrome) ----- 12¼in. (31.1cm.) high, on stepped velvet-covered base
IN THE SCANDINAVIAN ROMANESQUE STYLE
Christ wearing a knee-length perezonium and Crown of Thorns, mounted on a bronze cross, a hand of benediction pointing towards Christ's head, the back inscribed with museum accession number '66-6' (traces of polychrome) ----- 12¼in. (31.1cm.) high, on stepped velvet-covered base
Provenance
J.J. Klejman
Collection of P. Donath
Collection of P. Donath
Literature
Handbook of the Nelson Gallery of Art/Atkins Museum, Kansas City, MO, 5th ed., 1973, Vol. 1, p. 66, illus.