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Series of sculptures by John Hogan
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:
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 .
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Gallery
See also
References
^ 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.
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10.3318/dib.004051.v1 . Retrieved 10 February 2024 .
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"St. Theresa's Carmelite Church, Clarendon Street, Johnson's Court, Dublin 2, Dublin" . buildingsofireland.ie . National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 30 September 2022 .
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"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] (March 30, 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 .