"Pensive Christ" (Chrystus Frasobliwy) by Władysław Skoczylas
The Pensive Christ (German: Christus im Elend – 'Christ in Distress' or Christus in der Rast; Polish: Chrystus Frasobliwy – 'Worried Christ'; Lithuanian: Rūpintojėlis) is a subject in Christian iconography depicting a contemplating Jesus, sitting with his head supported by his hand with the Crown of Thorns and marks of his flagellation. It is, therefore, a picture of Jesus shortly before his crucifixion, although more an andachtsbild or devotional subject than intended to show an actual moment in the narrative of the Passion of Christ. The Pensive Christ is much more common in sculpture than in painting, where the similar Man of Sorrows is more often depicted (in this Jesus is shown with the wounds of the crucifixion).
The PensiveChrist (German: Christus im Elend – 'Christ in Distress' or Christus in der Rast; Polish: Chrystus Frasobliwy – 'Worried Christ'; Lithuanian:...
The PensiveChrist of Seeberg with a donor from the Zedtwitz family (around 1509) is one of four statues of the same subject in the Cheb collections. The...
of Christ's Passion, intended for meditation. The Latin term Christus dolens ("suffering Christ") is sometimes used for this depiction. The Pensive Christ...
If Christ is sitting down (usually supporting himself with his hand on his thigh), it may be referred to it as Christ at rest or PensiveChrist. It is...
Saint Roch, the Pietà, John of Nepomuk, Saint Casimir, the Nativity, PensiveChrist (known as rūpintojėlis), Saint Florian, Saint George, Saint Anthony...
Madonna and child Christ in Majesty Christ Pantokrator Sacred Heart Pietà (mother and dead son) Lamb of God Man of sorrows PensiveChrist Certain local traditions...
around the 14th and 15th centuries, when new subjects such as the Pietà, PensiveChrist, Man of Sorrows, Arma Christi, Veil of Veronica, the severed head of...
Christ before Pilate Flagellation of Christ The Crowning with Thorns Mocking of Jesus PensiveChrist Ecce homo Christ carrying the Cross Veil of Veronica...
Devotio Moderna, which produced new treatments of Christ in subjects such as the Man of Sorrows, PensiveChrist and Pietà, which emphasized his human suffering...
era, Thinker from Yehud of the Middle Bronze Age II, or even to the PensiveChrist in modern times. The Sitting Woman, on the other hand, assumes a contemplative...
English as andachtsbilder (devotional images) and include the Pietà, PensiveChrist, Man of Sorrows, Arma Christi, Veil of Veronica, the severed head of...
Moderna, which produced new treatments of Christ in andachtsbilder subjects such as the Man of Sorrows, PensiveChrist and Pietà, which emphasized his human...
contains the "Mostyn Christ", a figure of the PensiveChrist carved in oak and thought to date from the late 15th century, depicting Christ prior to the crucifixion...
famous example is Shakespeare's monologue "All the world's a stage" which pensively summarizes seven phases of human life. Psychology has many theories, including...
, also known from two later copies in Duchcov and Chomutov, is the PensiveChrist (1541, now Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden). On altars from a later...
drawn from Donatello, particularly his Pazzi Madonna. Her expression is pensive and melancholic, perhaps foreseeing her son's passion - the white cloth...
arrange to spy on Marcelino. One day, the statue notices that Marcelino is pensive and brooding instead of happy, and tells him that he would like to reward...
raising parallels both with vulnerable virgins and sometimes the Passion of Christ. The myths refer to a beast with one horn that can only be tamed by a virgin;...
before St Joachim — with its pastoral backdrop, harmonious gestures and pensive lyricism – is considered a superb example. The 9th- and 10th-century mosaics...
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