# Man Meditating

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## Artwork

- Artist: [GERHAERT VAN LEYDEN, Nicolaus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd>)
- Date: 1451-1500
- Technique: Red sandstone, height 44 cm

## Commentary

Man Meditating c. 1467 Red sandstone, height 44 cm Musée de l&#39;Oeuvre Notre-Dame, Strasbourg The present bust of a man is a striking study in stone of an intricately posed figure in half-length with interlocking arms winding about the torso and supporting the sensitively poised head of a weary man. Should this engaging figure be a self-portrait, as many have suggested, then the originality and freshness of Nicolaus&#39;s sculpture are all the more evident.

## Related artworks

- [Christ Child with Grapes](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd/christ-child-with-grapes-r70f919881fe920>)
- [Epitaph of a Canon](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd/epitaph-of-a-canon-r50577c02f76e35>)
- [Man Meditating](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd/man-meditating-r616e90a7a34ce0>)
- [Standing Virgin and Child](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd/standing-virgin-and-child-r3f95d189bb4ebe>)
- [The Virgin and Child with St Anne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd/the-virgin-and-child-with-st-anne-r56f9a2e162cba7>)
- [Tomb of Archbishop Jakob von Sierck](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd/tomb-of-archbishop-jakob-von-sierck-r0ab12eaf6bfe03>)
- [Woman&#39;s Head](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/gerhaert-van-leyden-nicolaus-r86ab049ac0e3dd/womans-head-r0a1c04ee313164>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)