Um, no:
(earliest extent icon of Christ Pantocrator, sixth century at latest)
And one from Spain from the Romanesque period:
From Hagia Sopha:
And for good measure, one from Sicily:
All pre-Rembrandt.
Um, no:
(earliest extent icon of Christ Pantocrator, sixth century at latest)
And one from Spain from the Romanesque period:
From Hagia Sopha:
And for good measure, one from Sicily:
All pre-Rembrandt.
Agree, Davids posting of pre-Rembrandt portrayals are a lot closer.
Indeed. Modern man just cannot conceive that the Christian civilization did not start sometime in 15c.
There’s a crucifix in Lucca, I think, that’s at least this old and the image is similar. The eyes bulge a little, and the face is much closer than anything Rembrandt did.