Lot 77
  • 77

ATTRIBUTED TO SEBASTIANO TORRIGIANI (D. 1596)ITALIAN, PROBABLY ROME, CIRCA 1580 | Cristo Morto

Estimate
10,000 - 15,000 GBP
bidding is closed

Description

  • Cristo Morto
  • gilt bronze, on a modern perspex stand
  • corpus: 23cm., 9in.stand: 30.5 by 25cm., 12 by 9 3/4 in.
  • Attributed to Sebastiano Torrigiani (d. 1596) Italian, probably Rome, circa 1580

Condition

Overall the condition of the bronze is good, with some wear and minor dirt to the surface consistent with age. There are some areas of rubbing to the gilding, including at the proper right thigh and knee, rib cage, proper left upper arm and forehead. There are some small nicks, including an area with several to the proper right shin. There is some minor greening and traces of polish between the legs and some tarnishing to the arms. There are areas where some original pins and minor lacunae due to short pours are visible at the shoulders. The condition of the perspex stand is very good with the exception of a few small scratches.
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Catalogue Note

Although sometimes given to Giambologna (Avery and Hall, op. cit.), the present model appears instead to follow a crucifix by Sebastiano Torrigiani, derived from a model by his master Guglielmo della Porta, which is in the church of San Giacomo Maggiore in Bologna.

RELATED LITERATURE
G. Roversi, 'Gli arredi sacri di San Giacomo Maggiore', in C. Volpe (ed.), Il Tempio di San Giacomo Maggiore in Bologna, Bologna, 1967, pp. 187-214, fig. 268;  C. Avery and M. Hall, Giambologna: An Exhibition of Sculpture by the Master and his Followers from the Collection of Michael Hall, Esq., Salander O'Reilly Galleries, New York, 1998, nos. 20-21