Christ at the Column

Alessandro Algardi

mid-17th century · Statuette: silver; column: lapis lazuli; base: black marble, silver · European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

The silver plaque bears the arms of the Colonna family. In her will of 1659, Anna Colonna Barberini bequeathed to her brother, Cardinal Girolamo Colonna, a silver Christ at the Column. It could have been this one, except that the base was said to be ebony, not marble.

Artist

Alessandro Algardi

Date

mid-17th century

Medium

Statuette: silver; column: lapis lazuli; base: black marble, silver

Culture

Italian, Rome

Department

European Sculpture and Decorative Arts

Credit line

Fletcher Fund, 1959