Detail View: Walter B. Denny World Art & Architecture Images:

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.
View description: 
full frontal view