Bust of Christ
c. 1470–1500
- Medium
- painted terracotta and wood
- Dimensions
- 57.2 × 53.3 × 29.2 cm
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-194079
In the late 1400s Andrea del Verrochio set up a large workshop where he and his assistants reproduced copies of his sculpture and other works for a middle-class market. Originality was not the objective; in fact, most people were only interested in purchasing replicas of well-known works. This sculpture was modeled after Verrocchio's Christ figure in the bronze sculpture group Christ and St. Thomas at Orsanmichele in Florence, Italy. The medium of terracotta, which was cheaper than bronze or marble, made it possible to offer copies at a reasonable price. Additionally, workshop practices reduc…
Provenance
Harkness Endowment Fund, 1921.956
Registry history
- c. 1470–1500 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — sculpture
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