Gerard David, Christus nimmt Abschied von seiner Mutter - Christ Taking Leave of his Mother

            Gerard David, Oudewater ca. 1450/1460 - Brügge 1523 
Christus nimmt Abschied von seiner Mutter / Christ taking leave of his mother (ca. 1500)
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

David also worked as a manuscript illuminator, a skill reflected in this picture’s delicacy of execution. The panel - now in a modern frame - originally formed the right wing of a devotional diptych that would close like a book and thus could easily be used by a traveler during a journey. While its pendant (Bearsted collection, Upton House, Warwickshire) emphasized the loving relationship between the Virgin and Child, this painting depicts the drama of Christ’s departure for Jerusalem and his ultimate sacrifice. Mary, accompanied by the weeping Mary Magdalen and Martha, serves as a model of compassion for the viewer.
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Taken in: United States / New York / Seneca Village (historical) (show map)

Taken on: January 25, 2016

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Christus nimmt Abschied von seiner Mutter

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