Bastiano Torrigiani Sold at Auction Prices

A fire-gilt bronze Corpus Christi by Bastiano Torrigiani, called il Bologna

A figure of Christ crucified with three nails, with finely modelled musculature and carefully observed details. When the piece was purchased in 1970, it was ascribed to Tiziano Aspetti. However, the research of Professor Ulrich Middeldorf (Kunsthistorisches Institut, Florence) has revealed that this piece in bronze was cast from the same mould as a work in silver which was commissioned by Pope Gregory XIII for the church of San Giacomo Maggiore in Bologna in 1581. The silver crucifix is attributed to Bastiano Torrigiani, one of the leading sculptors of his era.