Paolo Veronese
The Dead Christ Supported by an Angel and Adored by a Franciscan

Public Domain

ExpandFavorite

Artist Paolo VeroneseItalian (Venetian), 1528–1588

CultureItalian

Titles

The Dead Christ Supported by an Angel and Adored by a Franciscan
The Dead Christ with Angel and a Monk

Datec. 1586–1587

PlaceVenice, Italy

MediumOil on canvas

DimensionsCanvas: 33 7/8 × 49 7/8 in. (86 × 126.7 cm)
Frame: 41 1/2 × 57 1/2 × 4 in. (105.4 × 146.1 × 10.2 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Arnold, Jr. in memory of Hugh Roy and Lillie Cullen

Object number79.254

Not on view

Explore Further

Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

Provenance[David M. Koiester Gallery, Zurich, 1957]; Ernest Jorseco, Chicago, purchased by MFAH December 23, 1979.
Exhibition History"Veronese and His Studio in North American Collections," Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham, Alabama, October 1–November 15, 1972; Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts, Montgomery, Alabama, December 5–December 31, 1972.

The Art Institute of Chicago, 1979–October 22, 1979

"A Permanent Heritage: Major Works from the Collection," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 23,1980–January 4, 1981.

"The Art of Paolo Veronese 1528-1588," National Gallery of Art, Washington, November 13, 1988–February 20, 1989.

“Masterpieces of European Painting from the 15th to 20th Centuries from
the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation," Museum of Art, Ehime, Matsuyama, Japan, April 13–May 30, 1999; Chiba Prefectural Art Museum, Japan, June 5–July 11, 1999; Mie Prefectural Art Museum, Tsu, Japan, July 17–August 22, 1999; Fukuoka Art Museum, Japan, August 27–October 3, 1999.

"Passion in Venice: Images of the Man of Sorrows from Late Gothic to Veronese and Tintoretto," Museum of Biblical Art, New York, February 11–June 12, 2011.

"Paolo Veronese: Versatile Master of Renaissance Venice," John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, December 6, 2012–April 14, 2013.

"New Light on Old Masters: European Art from Houston Collections," Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, October 2, 2021–January 23, 2022.

Cataloguing data may change with further research.

If you have questions about this work of art or the MFAH Online Collection please contact us.