Christ_at_Rest,_by_Hans_Holbein_the_Younger.jpg
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Summary
Hans Holbein the Younger : Christ at Rest | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Artist |
artist QS:P170,Q48319
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Title |
Christ at Rest
label QS:Len-gb,"Christ at Rest"
label QS:Len,"Christ at Rest"
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Object type | drawing | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Description |
English:
Christ at Rest
. Pen and ink and brush, washes, white heightening, on ochre prepared paper,
15.8 × 20.7 cm
,
Berlin State Museums
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Holbein here portrays the
Pensive Christ
, resting briefly before his crucifixion. in the words of art historian Christian Müller, "The propped-up head is thus not only an expression of exhaustion but also a gesture of grief... this portrayal therefore invites the viewer to reflect on the suffering of Christ and arouses a mood of meditative contemplation" (Müller, p. 202).
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Date |
1519
date QS:P571,+1519-00-00T00:00:00Z/9
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Medium | ink on paper | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Dimensions |
height: 160 mm (6.2 in)
; width: 209 mm (8.2 in)
dimensions QS:P2048,+160U174789
dimensions QS:P2049,+209U174789
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Collection |
institution QS:P195,Q555946
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Accession number |
KdZ 14729
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Kupferstichkabinett Berlin
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Source/Photographer | Christian Müller; Stephan Kemperdick; Maryan Ainsworth; et al , Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515–1532, Munich: Prestel, 2006, ISBN 9783791335803 . | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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