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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