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Bolognese Artist (c.1610)

The Infant Christ with the Instruments of the Passion

A647; oil on copper; 23 x 179 cm

Prov: Dr Robert Bragge; Benjamin West; W.G. Coesvelt; Samuel Rogers; Baroness Burdett-Coutts

Bequeathed by Frank Hindley Smith, 1939; WA1940.1.29

Spear 1982, I, p. 231

The Infant Christ with the instruments of the Passion was a popular subject in the Counter-Reformation, with Christ most commonly shown either sleeping, or in prayer; A647 is unusual in showing the attitude of Christ in Judgement. A replica on panel was in the Northbrook collection. A plausible attribution has been suggested to Innocenzo Tacconi (1575-post 1625).

Information derived from the The Ashmolean Museum index.php/complete Illustrated Catalogue of Paintings.