Christ the Redeemer
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Authors
Agnolo di Polo, attributed to
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Christ , Jesus , Bust , Redeemer
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Abstract
This painted terracotta bust of Christ, is attributed to Agnolo di Polo (b. 1470 d. 1526), a follower of Verrocchio. This is one of many such terracotta busts of Christ produced by Verrocchio, his workshop, and his followers in the late fifteenth and early sixteenth centuries. The physical features of Christ are close to those of Verrocchio's bronze Christ (with the doubting Thomas at Orsanmichele). All of these images follow a description of Christ that was believed in the Renaissance to be written by an eye witness and thus accurate. The polychromy only partially survives. The work is currently housed in the sacristy of Santa Felicità in Florence. Photograph(s) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License
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Santa Felicità, Florence
Citation
Andrew Butterfield, The Sculptures of Andrea del Verrocchio (New Haven: Yale UP, 1997), 77, 212.