Bust of Christ
Cristoforo Solari
(Italian (Milan), about 1468/70–1524)
about 1500
Medium/TechniqueMarble
Dimensions49.5 x 55.9 x 34.3 cm (19 1/2 x 22 x 13 1/2 in.)
Credit LineGift of Quincy Adams Shaw through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton
Accession number17.1480
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On viewClassificationsSculpture
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This powerful sculpture probably once decorated a church interior. It displays sensitive modeling of the face and neck as well as carefully worked undercutting and incising of the long flowing hair and beard. The idealizing style and high quality of this bust make it an important example of Venetian sculpture around 1500. Another version is in the Church of San Pantalon in Venice.
ProvenanceQuincy Adams Shaw (b. 1825 - d. 1908), Boston; 1917, gift of Quincy Adams Shaw, through Quincy Adams Shaw, Jr., and Mrs. Marian Shaw Haughton, to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 29, 1917)
late 14th century
