<i><b>Christ at Rest</b></i>. Pen and ink and brush, washes, white heightening, on ochre prepared paper, <span style="white-space:nowrap">15.8 × 20.7 cm</span>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Berlin_State_Museums" class="extiw" title="w:Berlin State Museums">Berlin State Museums</a>.
Holbein here portrays the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensive_Christ" class="extiw" title="w:Pensive Christ">Pensive Christ</a>, resting briefly before his crucifixion. in the words of art historian Christian Müller, "The propped-up head is thus not only an expression of exhaustion but also a gesture of grief... this portrayal therefore invites the viewer to reflect on the suffering of Christ and arouses a mood of meditative contemplation" (Müller, p. 202).
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Christian Müller; Stephan Kemperdick; Maryan Ainsworth; <i>et al</i>, <i>Hans Holbein the Younger: The Basel Years, 1515–1532,</i> Munich: Prestel, 2006, <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9783791335803" title="Special:BookSources/9783791335803">ISBN 9783791335803</a>.