# Christ as the True Light [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [HOLBEIN, Hans the Younger]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Woodcut, 84 x 277 mm ## Commentary The subject matter of the picture is typical of the Reformation. In the centre of the picture is a candelabra supported by the symbols of the Evangelists. The light from the candle illuminates the entire picture. Christ draws the attention of His flock, which includes people of modest rank, to the flame of the Gospels. On the right, ecclesiastical dignitaries and scholars follow the philosophers of antiquity Plato and Aristotle, who represent humanist and scholastic attempts to explain the world, and they are seen stumbling blindly towards the abyss. ## Related artworks - [Adam and Eve]() - [Apollo and the Muses on Parnassus]() - [Charitas]() - [Charles Brandon]() - [Christina of Denmark, Ducchess of Milan \(detail\)]() - [Christina of Denmark, Ducchess of Milan]() - [Courtier of Henry VIII and his Wife]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() - [Darmstadt Madonna \(detail\)]() - [Darmstadt Madonna]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()