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In this unfinished painting, Christ is placed before a brilliant green background. He raises his right hand in blessing while holding a crystal orb in his left. The high quality of the painting is evident in the sensitive rendering of Christ's head and hands and in the sophisticated realization of texture and sculptural form in the richly coloured drapery. Dürer lavished extraordinary attention on the fully worked-up underdrawing, portions of which can be seen with the naked eye, especially on the head, neck, and hands.
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