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Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child
Benedetto Brioscoshortly after 1484
The Cleveland Museum of Art
Cleveland, United States
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.
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- Title: Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child
- Creator: Benedetto Briosco (Italian, c. 1460–after 1514), Tomaso Cazzaniga (Italian)
- Date Created: shortly after 1484
- Physical Dimensions: Overall: 61 x 61 x 13.1 cm (24 x 24 x 5 3/16 in.)
- Provenance: S. Maria del Carmine (Milan, Italy), Vercellino Visconti, Prince Belgioiso (Milan, Italy), Prince Trivulzio (Milan, Italy), Jacob Hirsch (New York, New York), sold through Harold W. Parsons to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1928.
- Type: Sculpture
- Rights: CC0
- External Link: https://clevelandart.org/art/1928.863
- Medium: marble with gilding
- Department: European Painting and Sculpture
- Culture: Italy, Milan, 15th century
- Credit Line: Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust
- Collection: Sculpture
- Accession Number: 1928.863
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