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Bust of Christ
Possibly by: Cristoforo Solari (Italian (Milan), about 1468/70–1524)
Italian, Venice
Renaissance
about 1500
Medium/Technique
Marble
Dimensions
49.5 x 55.9 x 34.3 cm (19 1/2 x 22 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession Number17.1480
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture
This powerful sculpture probably once decorated a church interior. It displays sensitive modeling of the face and neck as well as carefully worked undercutting and incising of the long flowing hair and beard. The idealizing style and high quality of this bust make it an important example of Venetian sculpture around 1500. Another version is in the Church of San Pantalon in Venice.
DescriptionMarble Bust of Christ.
ProvenanceQuincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825 - d. 1908), Boston; 1917, gift of Quincy Adams Shaw, through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 29, 1917)