Bronze Age Gold from Wales

Christ the Redeemer

The Florentine Granacci was a student of Ghirlandaio and a friend of Michelangelo. This work and three other small panels in Oxford probably once decorated the sides of an altarpiece of c.1520. Christ's blood is shown pouring into a communion chalice to redeem mankind. The panel was purchased by the Reverend John Sanford and, on account of its subject matter, re-used as the door of the Florentine marble tabernacle which he installed at Nynehead parish church in 1833 (Accession Number: NMW A 236).

Collection Area

Art

Item Number

NMW A 237

Acquisition

Purchase, 1970

Measurements

h(cm) frame:44.7
h(cm)
w(cm) frame:29.2
w(cm)
d(cm) frame:5.4
d(cm)

Techniques

tempera on board
Techniques (fine art)
art dept - fine
Fine Art - painting

Material

tempera
board

Location

Gallery 07B North

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