Easter Morning, ca. 1818
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions without frame131 × 102 cm
Dimensions with frame163 × 134 cm
About the work"Do not hold on to me!" is what Jesus allegedly said when he revealed himself to Mary Magdalene after his resurrection. This moment is depicted here calmly and in bright colours; the figures barely seem animated. A North German painter who spent most of his life in Rome, Friedrich Overbeck was a leading member of the Lukasbund (Brotherhood of Saint Luke) founded there. This Christian community of artists drew on the working methods and pictorial formats of the Middle Ages and the early Renaissance.
AccessionAcquisition 1918
Provenance[...]; 1918 angekauft von Prof. Clemen, Bonn
Inventory numberM 4236
