Christ at the Column

early 16th century

Antonio de Saliba Italian, 1466-1535

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European: Medieval and Renaissance, Level 2, West Wing

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About the Artwork

Title Christ at the Column

Artwork Date early 16th century

Artist Antonio de Saliba

Life Dates 1466-1535

Nationality Please note: Definitions for nationality may vary significantly, depending on chronology and world events. Some definitions include: Belonging to a people having a common origin based on a geography and/or descent and/or tradition and/or culture and/or religion and/or language, or sharing membership in a legally defined nation. Italian

Culture Please note: Cultures may be defined by the language, customs, religious beliefs, social norms, and material traits of a group. ----------

Medium Oil on canvas, transferred from panel

Dimensions Unframed: 14 3/8 × 11 3/4 inches (36.5 × 29.8 cm) Framed: 24 3/8 × 20 × 2 3/8 inches (61.9 × 50.8 × 6 cm)

Classification Paintings

Department European Painting

Credit Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund

Accession Number This unique number is assigned to an individual artwork as part of the cataloguing process at the time of entry into the permanent collection. Most frequently, accession numbers begin with the year in which the artwork entered the museum’s holdings. For example, 2008.3 refers to the year of acquisition and notes that it was the 3rd of that year. The DIA has a few additional systems—no longer assigned—that identify specific donors or museum patronage groups. 34.192

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Provenance

(Galerie Matthiesen, Berlin, Germany);
1934, (Jacques Seligmann & Co., New York, New York, USA);
1934-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

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Published References

Valentiner, W.R. "'Christ at the Column' by Antonello da Messina." Bulletin of the DIA 14, no. 4 (January 1935): pp. 42-44 (cover ill.).

"Detroit Gets Masterful Antonello Study." The Art Digest 9 (September 1935): p. 20 (ill.).

Berenson, B. Pitture italiane del rinascimento. Milan, 1936, p. 426. [as by Antonello da Saliba.]

Lauts, J. Antonello da Messina. Vienna, 1940, cat. 14, pp. 15, 34. [as by Antonello da Messina.]

Richardson, E.P., ed. Detroit Institute of Arts Catalogue of Paintings, 2nd ed. Detroit, 1944, p. 6, no. 417. [as by Antontello da Messina.]

Richardson, E.P. Masterpieces of Painting and Sculpture from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1949, p. 56, (ill.).

Vigni, G. Tutta la Pittura di Antonello da Messina. Milan, 1952, pp. 28, 32, pl. 77 [attributed to Antonello da Messina.]

Vigni, G. and C. Carandente. Antonello da Messina e la Pittura del 400 in Sicilia. Exh. cat., Palazzo comunale di Messina. Messina, 1953, cat. 21, p. 20, (ill.) pp. 119-120.

Vigni, G. "Light on the Antonello Enigma." Art News 52 (Summer 1953): pp. 35-37, 57-58, esp. p. 57. [as a tentative work by Giordano, brother of Antonello.]

Bottari, S. Antonello. Venice, 1953, p. 110, tav. 119. [as by Antonello da Messina.]

Longhi, R. Paragone (Arte) 42 (1953): p. 39.

Marconi, S. Moschini, Galleria dell'Accademia di Venezia: opere d'arte dei secoli XIV e XV. Venice, 1955, p. 45.

Berenson, B. Italian Pictures of the Renaissance: The Venetian School, vol. 1. London, 1957, p. 8.

Richardson, E.P., ed. Treasures from the Detroit Institute of Arts. Detroit, 1960, p. 74 (ill.).

Vigni, G. All The Paintings of Antonello da Messina, trans. by A. O'Sullivan. Milan, 1963, p. 33, pl. 79. [as a copy or variant of lost original.]

Paintings in the Detroit Institute of Arts: A Checklist of the Paintings Acquired Before June 1965. Detroit, 1965, p. 8.

Mandel, G. L'opera completa di Antonello da Messina. Milan, 1967, p. 96.

Fredericksen, B. and F. Zeri. Census of Pre-Nineteenth Century Italian Paintings in North American Public Collections. Cambridge, MA, 1972, p. 10. [as by Antonello da Saliba.]

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Credit Line for Reproduction

Antonio de Saliba, Christ at the Column, early 16th century, oil on canvas, transferred from panel. Detroit Institute of Arts, Founders Society Purchase, Ralph Harman Booth Bequest Fund, 34.192.