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| Keywords: Guglielmo della Porta - Christ - Walters 54730.jpg The suffering Christ is a common subject for devotional statuettes Though Christ has here been stripped to his loincloth by his tormentors he is poised and reserved There are two points of attachment on the back of the figure suggesting that it was once tied to a column Della Porta relied on several bronze casters as well as gold- and silversmiths to carry out his designs There is another version of this Christ in silver cast and finished by a silversmith working closely with Della Porta Knowing that Emperor Maximilian II owned a Christ now lost by Della Porta would have inspired a collector in Habsburg circles to obtain a similar piece between 1570 1579 Renaissance bronze cm 18 3 accession number 54 730 36426 Seligmann Brothers Paris Henry Walters Baltimore date and mode of acquisition unknown Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin Rome Italy Walters Art Museum license Renaissance sculpture in the Walters Art Museum Guglielmo della Porta Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs artist update Loincloths in art | ||||
