Head of Christ, ca. 1445, Oil on parchment, laid down on wood, Overall 5 7/8 x 4 1/4 in. (14.9 x 10.8 cm); parchment 5 3/4 x 4 1/8 in. (14.6 x 10.5 cm), Paintings, Petrus Christus (Netherlandish, Baarle-Hertog (Baerle-Duc), active by 1444–died 1475/76 Bruges), This intimate image of Christ’s head, intended for private devotion, derives from a lost picture of the Holy Face by Jan van Eyck, now known only through copies. Following the Eyckian composition, Petrus Christus treated the head like a portrait by surrounding it with a fictive frame, thereby underscoring the physical immediacy of Christ
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Head, Christ, ca, 1445, Oil, parchment, laid down, wood, Overall 5 7/8 x 4 1/4, 14.9 10.8 cm, parchment 3/4 1/8, 14.6 10.5, Paintings, Petrus Christus, Netherlandish, Baarle-Hertog, Baerle-Duc, active by, 1444–died, 1475/76 Bruges, intimate, image, head, intended, private devotion, derives, lost picture, Holy Face, Jan van, Eyck, now, copies, Following, Eyckian composition, treated, portrait, surrounding, fictive frame, thereby underscoring, physical immediacy
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