Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child (shortly after 1484): Art, History and Details

Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child (shortly after 1484) is in the Cleveland Museum of Art collection. The museum's creator attribution is Benedetto Briosco (Italian, c. 1460–after 1514); Tomaso Cazzaniga (Italian).

The work and its context

The museum's open-access catalogue describes the work:

This relief formed part of a public funerary monument in the church of Santa Maria del Carmine in Milan. The military leader and diplomat humbly kneels in profile before the infant Christ in a naturalistic setting, drawing attention to the Holy Family’s humanity and the deceased man’s reverence.

Object facts

• Title: Pier Francesco Visconti, Court of Saliceto, Adoring the Christ Child
• Date: shortly after 1484
• Creator attribution: Benedetto Briosco (Italian, c. 1460–after 1514); Tomaso Cazzaniga (Italian)
• Culture: Italy, Milan
• Type: Sculpture
• Technique: marble with gilding
• Dimensions: Overall: 61 x 61 x 13.1 cm (24 x 24 x 5 3/16 in.)
• Collection: Sculpture
• Department: European Painting and Sculpture
• Accession number: 1928.863

Collection credit

Gift of the John Huntington Art and Polytechnic Trust

Further reading listed by the museum

• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1966. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1966.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1969. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1969.
• The Cleveland Museum of Art. Handbook of the Cleveland Museum of Art/1978. Cleveland, OH: The Cleveland Museum of Art, 1978.

View the collection record

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