HOLBEIN - Christ, Ecce Homo & Mary as Mater Dolorosa
A SINGLE DOUBLE-SIDED PRINT
Print features two works of Hans Holbein, the Younger.
Side 1: ECCE HOMO -- The “Passion” series of designs for painted glass, in Basel Gallery. -- The scene, the “Ecce Homo”, takes place outside the hall of judgment, with a large Gothic building with pinnacled gables filling in the background. This building is neither German nor Italian in style, but of late Gothic French architecture, of the type of the hospital founded by the Chancellor Nicolas Rollin in Beaune, a town through which Holbein would be likely to pass on his way to Montpellier, and for this reason Dr. Ganz regards it as one of the latest of the series, done after the artist’s return to Basel in 1524. Holbein has made use of the same building in the cut of the Empress in the “Dance of Death.” Pilate stands in the open doorway on the right, with Christ by his side. One hand grasps his wand of office, and the other is held up as though demanding silence from the crowd of spectators and soldiery filling the space below him, who are shouting and gesticulating, and pointing their fingers in scorn at the drooping figure by Pilate’s side. Here again the expression of 154suppressed anguish and pain on Christ’s face has been admirably suggested by the artist, who has also produced the effect of a large and vehemently-agitated crowd of people by means of a few figures cleverly grouped and contrasted. Behind the Saviour is seen the head of the man in the hood-like cap, possibly intended for some official of the Court,
Side 2: MARY, MATER DOLOROSA -- In the “Mater Dolorosa” one of the friezes represents a band of small naked putti, which is based upon a similar frieze in the cathedral of Como, while other figure subjects are contained in the medallions; the phrase "Mater Dolorosa" means sorrowful mother and is used especially for depictions of the Virgin Mary grieving over her dead son, Jesus Christ.
From photographs by Braun & Cie., France
Adolphe Braun (1812-1877) worked in Paris as a textile designer, discovering his interest in photography in 1853, when he photographed a collection of artworks. Capivated by the new technology, he started a studio, “Braun et Cie.," that specialised in the development of landscape pictures and art historical images.
This is a single double-sided page...Both sides shown
Hans Holbein the Younger (1497-1543) was a German painter and print-maker who
worked in a Northern Renaissance style, and is considered one of the
greatest portraitists of the 16th century. He also produced religious
art, satire, and Reformation propaganda, and he made a significant
contribution to the history of book design. He is known for his portraits, mural paintings, and engravings.
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