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Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child
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About this work
This relief formed part of a public funerary monument in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Milan. The military leader and diplomat humbly kneels in profile before the infant Christ in a naturalistic setting, drawing attention to the Holy Family’s humanity and the deceased man’s reverence.
Cleveland Museum of Art’s own descriptionCredit linePier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child, shortly after 1484. Workshop of Benedetto Briosco (Italian, c. 1460–after 1514), and Tomaso Cazzaniga (Italian). Marble with gilding; overall: 61 x 61 x 13.1 cm (24 x 24 x 5 3/16 in.). The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust, 1928.863
