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The Dead Christ

1505
(German, 1471–1528)
Support
Cream(3) laid paper
Measurements
Sheet: 17.1 x 23.5 cm (6 3/4 x 9 1/4 in.)
Credit Line
Public Domain
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A horizontally oriented charcoal drawing on tan paper depicts the nude, muscular body of Christ lying on a draped cloth. He is dramatically foreshortened, viewed from his feet in the foreground toward his head tilted back. Arms extend horizontally, revealing dark wounds on his palms and feet. The date 1505 is centered at the top, and an AD monogram marks the bottom. Shadow pools behind his legs.

The Dead Christ

1505

Albrecht Dürer

(German, 1471–1528)
Germany, early 16th Century

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