Bust portrait of Christ

On display

Details

  • Title

    Bust portrait of Christ

  • Artist/maker

    possibly Antonio Abondio (1537 or 8 - 1591) (sculptor)
  • Associated place

    Europe (place of creation)
  • Date

    late 16th century
  • Material and technique

    bronze, lost-wax cast

  • Object type

  • Dimensions

    24 cm including socle (height)
    13.8 cm of marble base (height)
    12.8 cm of base (diameter)
  • No. of items

    1

  • Credit line

    Purchased, 1961.

  • Museum location

    Second floor | Gallery 56 | Arts of the Renaissance
  • Museum department

    Western Art

  • Accession no.

    WA1961.58

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Further reading

Penny, Nicholas, Catalogue of European Sculpture in the Ashmolean Museum: 1540 to the Present Day, 3 vols (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992)

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