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The Pensive Christ (Rupintojelis) of Lithuania

Posted on January 20, 2016 by Victoria Emily Jones

Before Rodin’s The Thinker, there was the Pensive Christ. Dating back to the late fourteenth century, this iconographic type shows Jesus sitting on a stone, bent over, supporting his head with one hand while resting the other on his knee. … Continue reading →

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