Border with Christ in the Wilderness; Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-30 Creator: Simon Bening.

Border with Christ in the Wilderness; Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-30 Creator: Simon Bening.

3-042-458 - Heritage Art/Heritage Images

Border with Christ in the Wilderness; Prayer Book of Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg, about 1525-1530. Additional Info: In a peaceful landscape setting, Christ sits in meditation during a self-imposed fast in the wilderness that lasted forty days and forty nights. The border surrounds a prayer concerning his fast and subsequent temptations, the subject of the miniature on the facing page.


Image Details


People Information

Creator
  1. Simon Bening: Artist, painter, illuminator, miniaturist
Subject
  1. Jesus Christ: Judean: Prophet
People Related
  1. Cardinal Albrecht of Brandenburg: German: Cardinal, elector

Medium
  1. Gold
  2. Tempera colours, gold paint, and gold leaf

Picture Type
  1. Folio
  2. Manuscript
  3. Recto

Category Hierarchy

Religion & Belief Christianity

Artistic Representations Illuminated Manuscripts


Digital Image Size

Pixel Dimensions (W x H) : 3148x4438
File Size : 40,931kb


Aliases

  1. 83.ML.115.63
  1. Ms. Ludwig IX 19 (83.ML.115), fol. 63
  1. 1200006153
  1. 3-042-458
  1. 3042458
  1. 83.ML.115.63

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