Monumental ebony Crucifix with Cristo Morto in mercury gilt bronze from the 16th Cross in solid ebony and a foot with silver and bronze finishes from the same era and period Christ only measures 27 x 24 cm from head to toe and from hand to hand Measurements with crucifix 74 x 40 x 18 cm Italian Renaissance work around 1580 small professional restoration on the left hand of Christ. Bibliography 4 Katherine Watson 1978 The Crucifixes of Giambologna Provenance Spanish private collection lots 300 and 301 Giambologna 15291608 Sculptor to the Medici Arts Council of Great Britain pp 4547 Anna Beatriz Chadour 1982 Der Altarsatz des Antonio Gentili in St Peter zu Rom WallrafRichartzJahrbuch vol 43 pp 13393 see especially pp 17172 K Watson 1978 to compare pages 98100 for versions attributed to Giambologna and pages 10103 for versions attributed to Susini