MAKE A MEME
View Large Image
| View Original: | German_-_Christ_at_the_Column_-_Walters_71356.jpg (908x1800) | |||
| Download: | Original | Medium | Small | Thumb |
| Courtesy of: | commons.wikimedia.org | More Like This | ||
| Keywords: German - Christ at the Column - Walters 71356.jpg In northern Europe a taste for luxurious objects combined with the needs of the Catholic Counter Reformation for objects for private devotion resulted in a great demand for ivory statuettes of the Virgin or Christ The strain put on Christ in this unnatural position-tied to the column-draws attention to his physical body and exposes his vulnerability expressed through the emphasis on his soft skin which can be beautifully represented in ivory The subtle carving resembles the work of the German sculptor and carver Georg Petel 1601 -ca 1634 who drew inspiration from both German Renaissance and Italian baroque art In 1624 when Petel was in Antwerp the Flemish painter Peter Paul Rubens commissioned from him several ivories after his own drawings ca 1625 1650 Baroque ivory cm 17 8 accession number 71 356 10077 Paris Henry Walters Baltimore date of acquisition unknown by purchase Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by Henry Walters place of origin south Germany Walters Art Museum license Baroque sculpture in the Walters Art Museum German art in the Walters Art Museum Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review | ||||
