Ecstatic Christ, ca. 1510–11, Pen and two shades of carbon black ink, traces of black chalk underdrawing, 6 11/16 x 9 7/16 in. (16.9 x 24.0 cm), Drawings, Hans Baldung (called Hans Baldung Grien) (German, Schwäbisch Gmünd (?) 1484/85–1545 Strasbourg (Strassburg)), The subject of this drawing is highly unusual. Christ is represented after the Crucifixion, as the wounds on his hands and feet indicate, but in a moment before his death, his uplifted head and heavenward gaze evidently signifying a spiritual communion with God the Father
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Ecstatic Christ, ca, 1510–11, Pen, two shades, carbon black ink, traces, black chalk underdrawing, 6 11/16 x 9 7/16, 16.9 24.0 cm, Drawings, Hans Baldung, called Hans Baldung Grien, German, Schwäbisch Gmünd, 1484/85–1545, Strasbourg, Strassburg, subject, drawing, highly unusual, Christ, represented, Crucifixion, wounds, hands, feet indicate, moment, death, uplifted head, heavenward gaze, evidently, signifying, spiritual communion, God, Father
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