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DÜRER, Albrecht: Head of the Twelve Year Old Christ

🖼 Head of the Twelve Year Old Christ, c. 1506
Brush drawing on blue Venetian paper
275 × 211 cm
Vienna, Austria

Delicate pen lines render a young boy's serene face, eyes downcast in contemplative innocence. Dürer's 1506 study captures Christ's humanity through intimate portraiture, revolutionizing religious art's psychological depth and establishing the devotional power of the individual human visage.

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