Christ Taking Leave of His Mother is a tempera on panel painting by German artist Albrecht Altdorfer.

The gesture of his hand is to calm the rest of the women who mourn over the coming events.

On the left side of Christ, St. Peter and St. John appear seemingly more at peace with the Savior's future fate.

All characters are depicted in a very earthly way, and the emotions of individual people are expressed through unnaturally elongated bodies, large feet, hand gestures and simplicity of faces.

On the left, there are dry branches of a withered tree symbolizing the Passion of the Lord, on the right, the lush vegetation announces the New Covenant.