Artist: Gerard David
Date: 1505
Size: 12 x 9 cm
Museum: The Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York, United States Of America)
Technique: Wood
This highly spiritual and exquisitely rendered Christ Blessing was adapted from Byzantine icons brought to the Low Countries in the fifteenth century. The panel differs from the Byzantine models in the freshness of observation evident in Christ’s face and in the delicate articulation of the hands, the latter based on Gerard David’s drawings made from life.
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