Christ Washing the Feet of Saint Peter
- Medium:
- Woodblock print
- Edition:
- Self-printed
- Source:
- Japanese Art Open Database
$500–$5,000. Common Biblical prints: $500–$1,500. Key value factors: Watanabe's warm, folk-art Biblical prints have a devoted collector base. Larger formats and earlier works command more.
Christ washing the feet of Peter — the moment at the Last Supper when Jesus performs a servant's task for his disciples, inverting the expected hierarchy between teacher and student — is one of the Gospel's most theologically charged acts of humility. Watanabe's katazome rendering of this scene places the two figures in a direct, intimate relationship: the kneeling Christ, the astonished Peter, the basin and water between them all rendered in the bold, earthy forms of the mingei tradition. The servant posture of divinity is the print's central visual and theological statement.
Kamakura Daibutsu
1930
Color woodblock print
1950
Color woodblock print
大仏
Woodblock print
1926
Color woodblock print; oban
Curated cross-cuts that include this print.
Christ Washing the Feet of Saint Peter was created by Sadao Watanabe (渡辺禎雄).
Christ Washing the Feet of Saint Peter depicts religious and daily life.
