The Risen Christ in Glory
The Risen Christ in Glory | |
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Artist | Rosso Fiorentino |
Year | c. 1528-1530 |
Medium | oil on panel |
Dimensions | 348 by 258 centimetres (137 in × 102 in) |
Location | Diocesan Museum, Città di Castello |
The Risen Christ in Glory is an oil on panel painting by Rosso Fiorentino, created c. 1528-1530. OIt is held in the Diocesan Museum in the Città di Castello. It shows the risen Christ with (from left to right) Mary Magdalene, the Virgin Mary, Saint Anne and Mary of Egypt.[1]
History
Rosso signed the contract for the work on 1 July 1528 in Città di Castello.[2] It had been commissioned by the local Company of the Corpus Domini. The contract stipulated the subject as the risen Christ in glory with four saints, all above "many and diverse figures which signify, represent the people, with as many angels as he [the painter] can accommodate".[3]
References
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- Portrait of a Young Woman (c. 1510)
- Assumption of the Virgin (1513–1514)
- Madonna and Child with Cherubs (c. 1512–1517)
- Portrait of a Young Man (c. 1517–1518)
- Portrait of a Young Man Holding a Letter (1518)
- Spedalingo Altarpiece (1518)
- Portrait of a Young Man in Black (c. 1520)
- Portrait of a Young Man with a Helmet (c. 1520)
- Cherub Playing a Lute (1521)
- Villamagna Altarpiece (1521)
- Holy Family with the Infant Saint John the Baptist (c. 1521)
- The Infant Saint John the Baptist (c. 1521)
- Volterra Deposition (c. 1521)
- Dei Altarpiece (1522)
- Portrait of a Man (c. 1522)
- Portrait of a Man in Black (c. 1520–1522)
- Marriage of the Virgin (1523)
- Moses Defends Jethro's Daughters (c. 1523–1524)
- Death of Cleopatra (c. 1525)
- The Dead Christ with Angels (c. 1525–1526)
- Portrait of a Young Man Seated on a Carpet (c. 1525–1527)
- Sansepolcro Deposition (1528)
- The Risen Christ in Glory (1528–1530)
- Bacchus, Venus and Cupid (1531–1532)
- Pietà (c. 1537–1540)
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