Crucifix

Benvenuto Cellini, 1600, Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial

‘Crucifix’ is a work by Benvenuto Cellini (Italy, 1500–1571). It is dated 1600. It is part of the collection Royal Monastery of San Lorenzo de El Escorial. Wikidata links the work to a movement covered in the chapter ‘The Renaissance’.

The work was made in Florence. It is made of Carrara marble and black marble. It measures 184 × 149 cm. The work belongs to the genres religious sculpture as genre and nude. The things depicted include Jesus Christ, True Cross, Jesus, King of the Jews, and crucifixion of Jesus.

The catalogue has 8 more works by Benvenuto Cellini.

• The Renaissance