id: 142638 accession number: 1966.363 share license status: CC0 url: https://clevelandart.org/art/1966.363 updated: 2023-03-20 14:14:19.677000 Crucifixion, c. 1680. (Southern?) France, 17th century. Terracotta; overall: 38.8 x 26.1 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund 1966.363 title: Crucifixion title in original language: series: series in original language: creation date: c. 1680 creation date earliest: 1675 creation date latest: 1685 current location: 301 Baroque Sculpture Mezzanine creditline: Norman O. Stone and Ella A. Stone Memorial Fund copyright: --- culture: (Southern?) France, 17th century technique: terracotta department: European Painting and Sculpture collection: Sculpture type: Sculpture find spot: catalogue raisonne: --- CREATORS --- measurements: Overall: 38.8 x 26.1 cm (15 1/4 x 10 1/4 in.) state of the work: edition of the work: support materials: inscriptions: --- CURRENT EXHIBITIONS title: Year in Review: 1967 opening date: 1967-11-29T05:00:00 Year in Review: 1967. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (November 29-December 31, 1967). --- LEGACY EXHIBITIONS * CMA 1967: "Year in Review," CMA Bulletin, LIV (December 1967), p. 342, cat. no. 31 --- PROVENANCE Alberto di Castro (Rome, Italy), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966. date: footnotes: citations: --- fun fact: digital description: This work is quite atypical for the period due to its physiognomy and composition: Christ's figure is stout in comparison to the slender, elongated figures more common at the time. This effect is compounded by the tight focus of the composition; the artist emphasizes Christ by minimizing background and ornamentation. The design is adapted from an engraving after Charles Le Brun (1619–1690) who studied in Rome and became primary painter to Louis XIV of France. The innovative, simplistic approach of the relief contrasts to the style that Le Brun championed as head of the French Academy. Scholars dispute the legitimacy of the frame as original to the piece, due to its emphatic decoration compared to the solemn relief. wall description: --- RELATED WORKS --- CITATIONS --- IMAGES web: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.363/1966.363_web.jpg print: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.363/1966.363_print.jpg full: https://openaccess-cdn.clevelandart.org/1966.363/1966.363_full.tif