Crucifix

c. 1646

Alessandro Algardi (Italian, 1598–1654)

This expertly cast bronze is one of the finest surviving versions of a lost silver crucifix that Alessandro Algardi made for Pope Innocent X in 1646. Algardi’s Christ displays the agonized emotion caused by his torture on the cross, yet his body appears graceful and idealized. The cross is made of stained and ebonized pearwood and appears to be original, with the drilled holes at the bottom most likely indicating its method of installation on an altar.

Status: On View, Gallery 211
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Alessandro Algardi
Title: Crucifix
Place: Italy (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: Made 1641–1651
Medium: Bronze, pearwood with ebonizing and staining
Dimensions: 188.9 × 75.6 cm (74 × 30 in.); Corpus: 77.5 × 59.2 cm (30 1/2 × 23 in.)
Credit Line: Alyce and Edwin DeCosta and Walter E. Heller Foundation Endowment; Mrs. J. Ward Thorne Fund; purchased with funds provided by Mr. and Mrs. Fred Krehbiel, Mr. and Mrs. John Jeffry Louis, III, and Harry A. Root
Reference Number: 2004.42
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