COLLECTION NAME:
Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images
Record
ID_Number:
WBD_06447
Creator name:
Du Quesnoy, François
Creator dates:
ca. 1594-1643
Creator nationality:
Flemish
Title:
Christ Bound
Date:
1620s
Date type:
creation date
Repository name:
National Gallery of Art
Repository name variant:
NGA
Repository location:
Washington, D.C.
Repository_inventory_ number:
2007.67.1
Style_Period:
Baroque
Subject:
religious art
Subject:
halo (glory)
Subject:
contrapposto
Culture:
Italian
Culture:
Flemish
Category:
sculpture (visual works)
Work_type:
religious art
Material_Technique:
ivory
Measurement:
height (with integral plinth): 32.8 cm
Note:
Note on Du Quesnoy: Leading figure in circles devoted to classical art; friend of Poussin; major works are the statues of Sta Susanna (Sta Maria di Loreto) and St Andrew (St Peter's); famous for his putti and small bronzes; assisted Bernini on the Baldacchino in St Peter's.
