Christ Blessing
Artist
Alessandro Loni
(Italian, 1655-1702)
CultureItalian
Date1680s
MediumOil on copper
DimensionsOverall: 13 1/16 x 9 13/16 in. (33.2 x 24.9 cm)
Overall, Frame: 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
Overall, Frame: 24 x 20 in. (61 x 50.8 cm)
InscribedInscribed on verso in black ink: ;
Pour Monsieur;
Debonnaire Peint Par Carlo Dolci;
a Rome en 1668
Credit LineGift of Jack Tanzer in memory of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Object number88.127
Not on view
Label TextAlessandro Loni
Italian (1655-1702)
Christ Blessing, 1680s
Oil on copper
Gift of Jack Tanzer in memory of Walter P. Chrysler, Jr. 88.127
Exhibition History"The Body of Christ in the Art of Europe and New Spain, 1150-1800," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, Tex., December 21, 1997 - April 12, 1998.
"Behind the Seen: The Chrysler's Hidden Museum," Large Changing Gallery, Chrysler Museum of Art, Norfolk, Va., October 21, 2005 - February 19, 2006.
Published ReferencesJames Clifton, _The Body of Christ, in the Art of Europe and New Spain, 1150-1800_, exhib. cat., Munich, Germany and Houston, Tex., 1997, 100-101.
Cardinal Francis Arinze, _The Holy Eucharist_, (Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 2001), cover illustration.
Jan Philips van Thielen
1651