The Body of Christ Supported by Angels
The Body of Christ Supported by Angels
- Artist
- Workshop of Lorenzo Lotto
- Artist Dates
- c. 1480-1556/1557
- Artist Nationality
- Italian
- Title
- The Body of Christ Supported by Angels
- Date
- c. 1516-25
- Medium
- oil on panel
- Dimensions
- diameter: 16.8 cm (6-5/8 in)
- K Number
- K1765A
- Repository
- North Carolina Museum of Art
- Accession Number
- GL.60.17.42
- Notes
Provenance
Commissioned in May 1513 by Alessandro Colleoni Martinengo di Malpaga for the Church of SS. Stefano e Domenico, Bergamo, Italy; transferred 1560 to the Monastery of Basella; transferred 1564 to the Church of San Bernardino, Borgo San Leonardo; transferred 1600 to the Church of San Bartolomeo, Bergamo; separated from the main altarpiece in 1749. Private collection, Milan. (Count Alessandro Contini Bonacossi [1878-1955] Rome- Florence); sold 17 July 1950 to the Samuel H. Kress Foundation as Lorenzo Lotto; gift 1961 to the North Carolina Museum of Art, no. GL.60.17.42.