Christ Presented to the People
North Netherlandish
1475–1485
- Medium
- Oil on panel
- Dimensions
- 51.9 × 34.8 cm (20 7/16 × 13 11/16 in.); Framed: 58.2 × 40.7 × 3.9 cm (22 7/8 × 16 × 1 1/2 in.)
- Genre
- oil on panel
- Museum
- Art Institute of Chicago
Styles
Tags
religionoil paintings (visual works)paintingWindow15th centurypaintChicago World's FairsarchitecturearchitechtureJesusCentury of ProgressRomanreligious figuresoil on panelplant materialbloodpanel paintingmenoil paint (paint)painting (image making)painting techniquespeoplereligious scenesbuildingwood (plant material)Christian subjectsreligiousworld's fairsbiblicalorganic materialpanel (wood)european paintingChristianityhats
About
This is a rare example of a surviving 15th-century painting from the northern provinces of the Netherlands (present-day Holland). This region had fewer centers of artistic production than the more populous southern Netherlands, and it also experienced substantial destruction of artworks during the iconoclastic outbursts of the mid-16th century. The few surviving panel paintings, as well as illuminated manuscripts, from this region are often characterized by an earthy realism. Here the artist was equally interested in the hostile reactions of the crowd as he was in giving poignancy to the figure of Christ, whom the Roman governor Pontius Pilate presents to the people for judgment.
