Christ Bound

Christ Bound is an ivory sculpture by Flemish sculptor François Duquesnoy, executed in the 1620s.

[3][4] After the death of his benefactor the archduke (1621),[5] Duquesnoy was forced to carve works in ivory and wood to support himself.

[1] The sculpture depicts Christ with his eyes downcast and his body elegantly bent into a precarious and yet balanced pose.

Similarly to Duquesnoy's Saint Andrew and its Laocoön-like torso, the Christ is here depicted in a way which is reminiscent of ancient Greek sculpture.

The Christ Bound's proportioned, slim and toned body is a fundamental aspect in Duquesnoy's own vision of valuable Ancient Roman and Greek sculpture.