Christ at the Table of Simon the Pharisee

Minneapolis Institute of Art

Christ at the Table of Simon the Pharisee

Sebald Beham

Date
c. 1541–45
Medium
Engraving
Department
European Art
Institution
Minneapolis Institute of Art

Placing Jesus in a familiar domestic setting emphasized his humanity, and let Sebald Beham indulge the northern love of specificity. The tall cup held by the standing figure is a Stangenglass (pole glass), and the short cup on the table is a Krautstrunk (cabbage stalk). Other vessels chill in a basin. A repentant sinner nearby bathes Christ’s feet and dries them with her hair (Luke 7:36-50). Germany, Europe

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