Christus sprekend met de discipelen

About this artwork

Schenking van jkvr. A.C. Teding van Berkhout, Amsterdam en S.F. barones van Höevell-Teding van Berkhout, Bergen (Noord-Holland)

Art Historical Context

Behold *Christus sprekend de discipelen* (Christ Speaking with the Disciples), a anonymous work from 1536 rendered on paper, measuring just 63 mm high by 52 mm wide. This intimate scale suggests it may have been a personal devotional, perhaps a drawing or print designed for private meditation during the Northern Renaissance, when religious imagery flourished amid the early Reformation in the Low Countries. The scene captures a pivotal New Testament moment—likely Christ instructing his followers post-Resurrection—emphasizing themes of faith, revelation, and community central to 16th-century Ch...