LOT DETAILS

Materials:

oil on lapis-lazuli

Size Notes:

overall; painted surface: 17.1 x 13.5 cm

Description:

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Markings:

signed and dated lower right: AD. M.DCII/AL.BR.ALL./FAC; inscribed in Hebrew, Greek and Latin on the scroll above the cross: Jesus of Nazareth King of the Jews; further inscribed on the scroll held by the skeleton lower left: LA MORTE CHEI SOSTENE PERCHI VIVA (Death which He sustained for those who live)

Exhibited:

New York, Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd.,. An Exhibition of Master Drawings and Paintings , 18-31 January 2008, no. 7

Literature:

Jean-Luc Baroni Ltd.,. An Exhibition of Master Drawings and Paintings , exhibition catalogue, New York 2008, cat. no. 7, reproduced;. S. Bellesi,. Catalogo dei Pittori Fiorentini del 600 e 700 , Florence 2009, vol. 1, p. 69

Provenance:

Commissioned by Ferdinando I de Medici, The Grand Duke of Tuscany, in 1602;. Recorded in the. Guardaroba Medicea until 1629