Description
This relief formed part of a public funerary monument in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Milan. The military leader and diplomat humbly kneels in profile before the infant Christ in a naturalistic setting, drawing attention to the Holy Family’s humanity and the deceased man’s reverence.
Provenance
S. Maria del Carmine (Milan, Italy); Vercellino Visconti; Prince Belgioiso (Milan, Italy); Prince Trivulzio (Milan, Italy); Jacob Hirsch (New York, New York), sold through Harold W. Parsons to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child
Benedetto Brioscoshortly after 1484
Accession Number
1928.863
Medium
marble with gilding
Dimensions
Overall: 61 x 61 x 13.1 cm (24 x 24 x 5 3/16 in.)
Classification
Sculpture
Credit Line
Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust