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The Dead Christ on the Cross   (  )
Artist	Workshop of Gian Lorenzo Bernini  (1598–1680)      Alternative names English: Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Gianlorenzo Bernini Italiano: Giovan Lorenzo Bernini Description Italian sculptor, artist, painter, architect, architectural draftsperson and designer Date of birth/death 7 December 1598  28 November 1680  Location of birth/death Naples Rome Work location Italy; Paris; Rome; Siena  Authority file : Q160538 VIAF: 73850000 ISNI: 0000000121023349 ULAN: 500032022 LCCN: n79127068 NLA: 35017958 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q4233718,P1774,Q160538 Gian Lorenzo Bernini  (1598–1680)      Alternative names English: Giovanni Lorenzo Bernini, Gianlorenzo Bernini Italiano: Giovan Lorenzo Bernini Description Italian sculptor, artist, painter, architect, architectural draftsperson and designer Date of birth/death 7 December 1598  28 November 1680  Location of birth/death Naples Rome Work location Italy; Paris; Rome; Siena  Authority file : Q160538 VIAF: 73850000 ISNI: 0000000121023349 ULAN: 500032022 LCCN: n79127068 NLA: 35017958 WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q160538 Ercole Ferrata  (1610–1686)     Description Italian sculptor Date of birth/death 1610  10 July 1686  Location of birth/death Pellio Inferiore near Como Rome Authority file : Q1348674 VIAF: 70038936 ISNI: 0000000066886968 ULAN: 500024379 LCCN: nr2005018140 WGA: f/ferrata WorldCat artist QS:P170,Q1348674
Title	The Dead Christ on the Cross
Description	English: In 1657, Pope Alexander VII commissioned Bernini to produce crucifixes for the side aisles of St. Peter's Basilica, in the Vatican. While Bernini provided the design (either a drawing or a terracotta model), the wax model was made in 1658 by the sculptor Ercole Ferrata. The bronze cast was then made by Paolo Curieri, and Bartolomeo Cennini, working under Bernini's supervision, was charged with the final chasing, or finishing, of the surface detail. As Ferrata had the models in his own workshop at his death, and as there are small casting flaws that Bernini would probably not have accepted (for example, fills are visible on Christ's leg), this "Dead Christ on the Cross" is likely to be a later cast. The modern cross is based on Bernini's design for those in St. Peter's.
Date	designed 1657 (Baroque era QS:P2348,Q37853 )
Medium	gilded bronze on a modern wood cross
Dimensions	43.5 × 33 cm (17.1 × 12.9 in)
Collection	Walters Art Museum    Native name Walters Art Museum Location Baltimore, United States of America Coordinates 39° 17′ 48″ N, 76° 36′ 58″ W   Established 1934  Website thewalters.org Authority file : Q210081 VIAF: 128918374 ISNI: 000000040373611X ULAN: 500279110 LCCN: no00096900 GND: 16029354-6 WorldCat institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number	54.2677
Place of creation	Rome, Italy
Object history	Richier [date and mode of acquisition unknown] Sale, Christie's, New York, January 14, 1992, lot 157 Walters Art Museum, 1992, by purchase
Exhibition history	The Allure of Bronze. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995. Going for Baroque. The Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore. 1995-1996.
Credit line	Museum purchase with funds provided by the W. Alton Jones Foundation Acquisition Fund, 1992
Source	Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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