Head of Christ, late 15th–early 16th century, Made in North Brabant, The Netherlands, Netherlandish, Limestone, traces of wood thorns, Overall: 9 9/16 x 10 1/2 x 9 1/8in. (24.3 x 26.7 x 23.2cm), Sculpture-Stone, Piety in the late Middle Ages encouraged the believer's intense emotional empathy in the suffering of Christ. Here, stone is transformed into flesh by the actual wood thorns piercing the forehead. The capacity for sculptural naturalism developed in Burgundy by Claus Sluter (ca
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Head, Christ, late 15th–early 16th century, North Brabant, Netherlands, Netherlandish, Limestone, traces, wood thorns, Overall, 9 9/16 x 10 1/2 9 1/8in, 24.3 26.7 23.2cm, Sculpture-Stone, Piety, Middle Ages, encouraged, believer, intense emotional, empathy, suffering, stone, transformed, flesh, actual wood, thorns, piercing, forehead, capacity, sculptural naturalism, developed, Burgundy, Claus Sluter, ca
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