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
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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.