page_title: Christ taking leave of his Mother
hierarchical_section_title: Christ taking leave of his Mother
caption_attribution_description: Wildensteiner Altar; rechter Standflügel, Abschied Christus von der Mutter; (bei der Nachbildung auf Burg Wildenstein nicht realisiert) Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, L 1381 (früher Donaueschingen, Fürstenbergsammlungen, Inv.Nr. 76-80)
context_page_description: Christ taking leave of his Mother is a subject in Christian art, most commonly found in Northern art of the 15th and 16th centuries. Christ says farewell to his mother Mary, often blessing her, before leaving for his final journey to Jerusalem, which he knows will lead to his Passion and death; indeed this scene marks the beginning of his Passion. In early versions just these two figures are usually shown, at half-length or less.
  After Dürer the subject usually has a landscape setting and includes attendants to Mary, who often swoons with distress and is held by them. Saints Peter, John the Evangelist, Mary Magdalen and other apostles may be shown. It is probably more common in prints than paintings.
context_section_description: Christ taking leave of his Mother is a subject in Christian art, most commonly found in Northern art of the 15th and 16th centuries. Christ says farewell to his mother Mary, often blessing her, before leaving for his final journey to Jerusalem, which he knows will lead to his Passion and death; indeed this scene marks the beginning of his Passion. In early versions just these two figures are usually shown, at half-length or less.
  After Dürer the subject usually has a landscape setting and includes attendants (usually the Three Marys) to Mary, who often swoons with distress and is held by them. Saints Peter, John the Evangelist, Mary Magdalen and other apostles may be shown. It is probably more common in prints than paintings.
caption: Christ taking leave of his Mother, Germany, 1536
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