Corpus of Christ, from the Altarpiece of the Crucifixion
1391–99
Medium
Wood with gilding and traces of polychromy
Dimensions
27.7 × 18.3 × 5.2 cm (11 × 6 1/4 × 2 1/16 in.)
Classification
statuette
Department
Painting and Sculpture of Europe
Museum
Art Institute of Chicago
Accession Number
52560
Rights
Public Domain
About this artwork
Corpus of Christ was originally the focal point of a large triptych combining painting and sculpture that was commissioned in 1390 by Philip the Bold, Duke of Burgundy, for the newly founded Charterhouse of Champol outside Dijon. Philip intended this monastery as a dynastic burial place, and he and his successors endowed it with artistic treasures. The triptych was a collaboration between two important artists from the Flemish territories controlled by Philip the Bold: the sculptor Jacques de Ba...