The dark background of this painting, whose subject is the head of Christ, draws the attention of the viewer to the brightness coming from the left side. The extreme simplicity of His robes gives place to a detailed description of His face: His beard’s hair could be counted, His long curly hair falls on His shoulders and we can even distinguish two beauty marks on His cheek. If we look at His hands we can notice some wrinkles between His fingers.

The most impressive thing is the intensity of His look, especially because His face seems to be willing to talk to us. The balaustrade the painter drew close to the point of view of the observer creates deepness in the painting.

In this work we find both the sign and the date of composition, and, besides, we can see with the naked eye that the painter modified it in some areas. In fact, it is easy to notice that the neck of Jesus’ robe was taller and that His blessing hand used to reach the area near the neck.

Make thy face shine upon thy servant: save me for thy mercies sake. (Salmo 31 verse 16)