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DÜRER, Albrecht: Study of the Christ Child

🖼 Study of the Christ Child, 1495
Pen drawing
172 × 215 cm
Paris, France

Tender brushwork captures the Christ Child's delicate features and curled form in intimate detail. Dürer's devotional study reveals Northern Renaissance mastery of human anatomy and spiritual emotion simultaneously.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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