Angry Apostle
Leonardo da Vinci: Half-Figure of an Apostle (ca. 1494 - 1496)
Metalpoint, pen and brown ink on blue prepared paper
ALBERTINA, Vienna
"It was presumably in connection with his famous Last Supper at the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie that Leonardo created this apostle, though he does not appear there in this form. Rage is reflected in the apostle's face as he bunches his robe together before his breast as if to protect himself against Christ's accusatory words, "Truly, truly, I say to you that one of you will betray me" (John 13:21). At the same time, his furiously raised index finger makes it seem as if he wants to demand the culprit's punishment..." (information text in the museum).
Currently at the exhibition "Leonardo - Dürer. Renaissance Master Drawings on Colored Ground" in the ALBERTINA
www.albertina.at/en/exhibitions/leonardo-duerer/
Angry Apostle
Leonardo da Vinci: Half-Figure of an Apostle (ca. 1494 - 1496)
Metalpoint, pen and brown ink on blue prepared paper
ALBERTINA, Vienna
"It was presumably in connection with his famous Last Supper at the convent of Santa Maria delle Grazie that Leonardo created this apostle, though he does not appear there in this form. Rage is reflected in the apostle's face as he bunches his robe together before his breast as if to protect himself against Christ's accusatory words, "Truly, truly, I say to you that one of you will betray me" (John 13:21). At the same time, his furiously raised index finger makes it seem as if he wants to demand the culprit's punishment..." (information text in the museum).
Currently at the exhibition "Leonardo - Dürer. Renaissance Master Drawings on Colored Ground" in the ALBERTINA
www.albertina.at/en/exhibitions/leonardo-duerer/