The Dead Christ

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.[7]

  1. ^ Prunty, Maura (January 1950). "John Hogan: Greatest of Irish Sculptors". The Irish Monthly. 78 (919). Irish Jesuit Province: 41–43.
  2. ^ Strickland, Walter G. (1913). "John Hogan, Sculptor". A Dictionary of Irish Artists. Dublin: Maunsel & Co.
  3. ^ Minch, Rebecca (October 2009). "Hogan, John". Dictionary of Irish Biography. Royal Irish Academy. doi:10.3318/dib.004051.v1. Retrieved 10 February 2024.
  4. ^ "St. Theresa's Carmelite Church, Clarendon Street, Johnson's Court, Dublin 2, Dublin". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  5. ^ "St Finbarr's South, Dunbar Street, Cork City, Cork". buildingsofireland.ie. National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Retrieved 30 September 2022.
  6. ^ Turpin, John (May 1979). "John Hogan and the Catholic Religious Revival". The Maynooth Review. 5 (1). NUIM: 64–70. JSTOR 20556929.
  7. ^ 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.