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The Head of Christ, also called the Sallman Head, is a 1940 portrait painting of Jesus of Nazareth by Warner Sallman (1892–1968). As an extraordinarily successful work of Christian popular devotional art, [1] it had been reproduced over half a billion times worldwide by the end of the 20th century. [2]
Detail of the painting. The work depicts Jesus carrying the cross above a dark background, primarily with black and red tones, [13] surrounded by numerous heads. This painting focuses solely on the face and hands as a source of emotional expression, bodies being faded into the dark background. [14]
Rembrandt et la figure du Christ/Rembrandt and the face of Jesus, Musée du Louvre, Paris, 21 April 2011 – 18 July 2011, Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia, 3 August 2011 – 30 October 2011, Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, 20 November 2011 – 12 February 2012, ISBN 978-88-89854-71-6, cat.no. 35.
This painting was documented by Hofstede de Groot in 1914, who wrote; "160. HEAD OF CHRIST. Bode 295; Dut. 78; Wb. 301; B.-HdG. 414. Long dark curls, a short full beard, and dark eyes. Turned to the right. In a brownish-red coat, showing at top the hem of the shirt. Strong light falls from the left on the upper part of the right side of the face.
C. The Calling of Saints Peter and Andrew; The Calling of Saint Matthew; Cardinal Albert of Brandenburg before Christ on the Cross; Christ Among the Doctors (Dürer)
News of the painting spread around the globe in August 2012 (the silly season [13]) on mainstream and social media, which promptly rose to the status of an internet phenomenon. BBC Europe correspondent Christian Fraser said that the result resembled a "crayon sketch of a very hairy monkey in an ill-fitting tunic". [ 5 ]
Subjects showing the life of Jesus during his active life as a teacher, before the days of the Passion, were relatively few in medieval art, for a number of reasons. [1] From the Renaissance, and in Protestant art, the number of subjects increased considerably, but cycles in painting became rarer, though they remained common in prints and ...
Christ Carrying the Cross is an oil painting by El Greco, produced early in his Toledo period circa de 1580. [1] The picture depicts Christ in a moment of personal reflection as he carries the cross to his death, therefore committing the ultimate sacrifice for humankind.