Standing Christ / Artist Unknown, Germany
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Record Details
- Accession Number
- 1972/2.55
- Title
- Standing Christ
- Artist
- Artist Unknown, Germany
- Artist Nationality
- German
- Medium and Support
- wood, polychrome and gilding
- Object Creation Date
- circa 1475
- Object Creation Place
- Europe (continent)
- Germany (nation)
- Swabia (historical region)
- Creation Place 1
- Europe (continent)
- Creation Place 2
- Germany (nation)
- Creation Place 3
- Swabia (historical region)
- Style/Group/Movement
- Gothic
- Dimensions
- 46.9 cm x 17.1 cm x 13.9 cm (18 7/16 in. x 6 3/4 in. x 5 1/2 in.)
- Century
- 15th century
- Primary Object Classification
- Sculpture
- Primary Object Type
- statue
- Secondary Object Classification
- Ritual Objects
- Secondary Object Type
- figure
- Physical Description
- This figure of Christ wears a volumnious mantle and strides forcefully forward with his left leg. His hands, now broken off, once held either a cross-staff or a globe while he made of gesture of blessing with the other. His robe appears to have originally been gilded and then painted over with red to impart his garment with a lustrous quality.
- Subject Matter
- This figure of the resurrected Christ once held either a globe or cross-staff with one hand and made a gesture of blessing with the other, an iconographic type known as the "Salvator Mundi." His nudity signals that he has risen from his tomb and his grand mantle and commanding stride forward evince his dominion over death.
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- associated concepts
- costume
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- europe (continent)
- figures (representations)
- geographic and political locations
- germany (nation)
- main garments
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- Collection
- University of Michigan Museum of Art
- Image Size
- 777 x 1375
- File Size
- 142 KB
- Record
- 1972/2.55
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"Standing Christ; Artist Unknown, Germany." In the digital collection University of Michigan Museum of Art. https://quod.lib.umich.edu/m/musart/x-1972-sl-2.55/1972_2.55.jpg. University of Michigan Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 18, 2024.
