The Dead Christ
The Dead Christ or The Redeemer in Death is a statue of Jesus Christ executed in white Carrara marble by the Irish sculptor John Hogan (1800–1858).[1] The work was first sculpted by Hogan when he was based in Rome, alongside other artists such as sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770–1844).[2] Thorvaldsen reputedly described the statue as Hogan's "masterpiece".[3] In all, Hogan carved three versions of the statue in marble:
- the first (1829) is located in St. Teresa's Carmelite Church, Dublin, Ireland[4]
- the second (1833) in St. Finbarr's (South) Church, Cork, Ireland[5]
- the third and final (1854) is located in the Basilica of St. John the Baptist, St. John's, Newfoundland[6]
A fourth statue, a plaster cast, is on display in the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, Ireland. It was acquired from Hogan's widow, Cornelia Bevigani, by William Horatio Crawford.[7]
Gallery
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The Dead Christ (1829, Carrara marble), at St. Teresa's Carmelite Church in Dublin, Ireland
The Dead Christ (1833, Carrara marble), at St. Finbarr's South Church in Cork, Ireland
The Dead Christ (1854, Carrara marble), at the Basilica of St. John the Baptist in St. John's, Newfoundland
The Dead Christ (plaster), at the Crawford Art Gallery in Cork, Ireland
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ↑ Prunty, Maura (January 1950). "John Hogan: Greatest of Irish Sculptors". The Irish Monthly. 78 (919). Irish Jesuit Province: 41–43.
- ↑ Strickland, Walter G. (1913). "John Hogan, Sculptor". A Dictionary of Irish Artists. Dublin: Maunsel & Co.
- ↑ Minch, Rebecca (October 2009). "Hogan, John". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.004051.v1. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
- ↑ "St. Theresa's Carmelite Church, Clarendon Street, Johnson's Court, Dublin 2, Dublin". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ↑ "St Finbarr's South, Dunbar Street, Cork City, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
- ↑ Turpin, John (May 1979). "John Hogan and the Catholic Religious Revival". The Maynooth Review. 5 (1). NUIM: 64–70. JSTOR 20556929.
- ↑ Crawford Art Gallery [@CrawfordArtGall] (30 March 2018). "Dating to 1832, The Dead Christ by John Hogan is one of four versions the sculptor made" (Tweet). Retrieved 10 February 2024 – via Twitter.