Christ Child

Description

This sculpture is an enlarged version of Desiderio da Settignano's figure of about 1460 at the top of his tabernacle in the Church of San Lorenzo in Florence. There are many replicas of Desiderio's work. This example is an especially fine one, undoubtedly intended for the interior of a church.

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. Germain Seligmann (New York, New York), by gift to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1975.

Christ Child

Michele

c. 1490–1500

Accession Number

1975.47

Medium

marble

Dimensions

Overall: 87.6 x 35.6 x 30.5 cm (34 1/2 x 14 x 12 in.)

Classification

Sculpture

Museum

The Cleveland Museum of Art

Cleveland, United States

Credit Line

In memory of Leonard C. Hanna Jr., gift of Mr. and Mrs. Germain Seligman, New York