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GRÜNEWALD, Matthias: Isenheim Altarpiece (second view)

🖼 Isenheim Altarpiece (second view), c. 1515
Oil on wood
Colmar, France

Grotesque suffering dominates this crucifixion scene—Christ's contorted body twists in agony, rendered with unflinching physicality and sickly green tones. Grünewald created this movable panel for a monastery hospital, offering spiritual solace to plague victims through radical empathy with divine suffering.

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E. H. Gombrich
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