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Deposed Christ

ArtistAttributed to Giuseppe Mazzuoli Italian, 1644–1725

Datecirca 1670–1680

MediumBronze

DimensionsH. 10 1/8 x W. 11 x L. 22 in. (25.7 x 27.9 x 55.9 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LinePurchased with funds from the State of North Carolina and various donors, by exchange

Object number85.5

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Label Text
This highly finished bronze is based upon one of Mazzuoli's earliest works, a marble altar frontal in the church of St. Mary of the Stairs in Siena. Throughout his career, the artist was preoccupied with representing the body of Christ after his deposition from the cross. He created numerous terracotta sculptures of this theme, and a contemporary biographer of Mazzuoli wrote that the artist kept a marble version in his home, which he used for his private devotions.

During the 1670s, Mazzuoli worked under the great Roman sculptor Gianlorenzo Bernini, whose Countess Matilda is also in the Museum's collection. The eddying flow of the draperies that distinguishes this Deposed Christ reveals the unmistakable influence of Bernini.
Published References"Recent Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Winter 1985-86), discussed and illus. (b-w) 14.

Supplement to the Gazette des Beaux-Arts, no. 1406 (March 1986), illus. 29.

Introduction to the Collections, rev. ed. (Raleigh: North Carolina Museum of Art, 1992), illus. (b-w) 189.
Exhibition HistoryRaleigh, NC, North Carolina Museum of Art, "The People's Collection, Reimagined," October 7, 2022–present. Object Rights Statement

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