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| Keywords: Workshop of Gian Lorenzo Bernini - The Dead Christ on the Cross - Walters 542677.jpg workshop of Creator Gianlorenzo Bernini In 1657 Pope Alexander VII commissioned Bernini to produce crucifixes for the side aisles of St Peter's Basilica in the Vatican While Bernini provided the design either a drawing or a terracotta model the wax model was made in 1658 by the sculptor Ercole Ferrata The bronze cast was then made by Paolo Curieri and Bartolomeo Cennini working under Bernini's supervision was charged with the final chasing or finishing of the surface detail As Ferrata had the models in his own workshop at his death and as there are small casting flaws that Bernini would probably not have accepted for example fills are visible on Christ's leg this Dead Christ on the Cross is likely to be a later cast The modern cross is based on Bernini's design for those in St Peter's designed 1657 Baroque gilded bronze on a modern wood cross cm 43 5 33 accession number 54 2677 5040 Richier date and mode of acquisition unknown Sale Christie's New York January 14 1992 lot 157 Walters Art Museum 1992 by purchase Museum purchase with funds provided by the W Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund 1992 The Allure of Bronze The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995 Going for Baroque The Walters Art Gallery Baltimore 1995-1996 place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Sculptures by Gianlorenzo Bernini Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
