pensive Christ

Christ in the detent (also: Christ on the rest ) is in Christian art, a form of representation of Ecce Homo, in which Christ is seated (often called action gesture an arm on the thigh black blank ) are shown.

The origins of this form of representation at the end of the 14th century, as the earliest known depiction of a true Hans Witten attributed to plastic in Brunswick Cathedral from this period. The typological model is the representation of grieving Job, who laments his fate.

The motif of Christ in the catch is mainly in plastic use, representations in paintings are comparatively rare.

The patronage bear the churches " Herrgottsruh ".

Gallery

Hans Leinberger: Christ in the catch

Attachment figure of a stick image