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The Dead Christ (Hogan sculptures)


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 in Rome.

Hogan created three versions of the statue in the early 19th century:

A fourth statue is on display in the Crawford Municipal Art Gallery, Cork Ireland. It is a plaster cast, bearing Hogan's initials.

The Dead Christ (1829, Carrara marble), at St. Teresa's 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 Municipal Art Gallery in Cork, Ireland


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