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Descent from the Cross

(Italian, 1908–1991)
about 1947–57
Object PlaceItaly
Medium/TechniqueMetal; bronze
Dimensions28.89 x 27.94 cm (11 3/8 x 11 in.)
Credit LineBequest of Rowland Burdon-Muller
Accession number1988.209
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsSculpture
Provenance1988.209
By 1968, with Rowland Burdon-Muller (b. 1891-d. 1980), Boston [See Note 1]; 1988, bequest of Rowland Burdon-Muller to the MFA. (Accession Date: March 23, 1988)

NOTE:
[1] The plaque was on loan at the MFA between November 13, 1968 and November 18, 1970, and then between May 7, 1971 and March 23, 1988.
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