Christus met zijn discipelen en de Drieëenheid

About this artwork

blad: hoogte 30 mm x breedte 30 mm

Art Historical Context

Behold this exquisite miniature artwork, *Christus met zijn discipelen en de Drieëenheid* (Christ with His Disciples and the Trinity), created anonymously around 1590 on a tiny square of paper measuring just 30 mm by 30 mm. At such a diminutive scale—smaller than a postage stamp—this piece exemplifies the artistry of micro-scale religious imagery popular in late 16th-century Northern Europe, particularly in the Low Countries where Dutch was spoken. Dating to the height of the Dutch Golden Age's early stirrings amid religious tensions between Protestant Reformation and Catholic Counter-Reforma...