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

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

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The Dead Christ Supported by an Angel and Adored by a Franciscan
ArtistItalian (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

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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.

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