Christ the Redeemer
ca. 1650
Medium
Carrara marble
Dimensions
Overall (wt. confirmed): 36 1/8 × 34 × 18 in., 862 lb. (91.8 × 86.4 × 45.7 cm, 391 kg)
Classification
Sculpture
Culture
Italian, Florence
Department
European Sculpture and Decorative Arts
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Assunta Sommella Peluso, Ignazio Peluso, Ada Peluso and Romano I. Peluso Gift, 2011
Accession Number
2011.596
Tags
Art Historical Context
Behold the serene majesty of *Christ the Redeemer*, a masterful Carrara marble sculpture by Florentine artist Antonio Novelli, crafted around 1650. This impressive work, standing 36 inches tall and weighing over 850 pounds, captures the infant Christ in a tender yet authoritative pose, evoking themes of divine redemption central to Christian iconography. The tags highlighting "Infants|Christ" underscore its focus on the Christ Child, a motif blending innocence with salvific power, common in Baroque religious art. Novelli, working in the vibrant Florentine tradition during the height of the Ba...
About the Artist
Antonio Novelli · 1600–1662
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