Description

Christ Crucified with four nails, Michelangelo (model 1538-41, probably made for Vittoria Colonna), cast in Rome 1560-1570 by Jacob Cornelisz Cobaert under the supervision of Guglielmo della Porta, 23 cm high.

Provenance

Probably one of 55 bronze crucifixes mentioned in Guglielmo della Porta's inventory, Rome February 1577, brought by the silversmith JB Franconio to Seville in 1597, inventory Pablo Céspedes 1608, Inventory Juan de Peñalosa 1633, Spanish private collection San Sebastián, Spanish private collection Madrid, IOMR Collection Netherlands.

Literature:

In Michelangelo's bronze Corpus documented in Seville 1597, rediscovered. Carlos Herrero Starkie introduced by Rosario Coppel, IOMR November 2024. ISBN-978-84-126978-2-7.

Exhibitions

In Tefaf Maastricht March 2025, Stuart Lochhead’s stand 108.