O Sacred Head, Now Wounded
"O Sacred Head, Now Wounded" is a Christian Passion hymn based on a Latin text written during the Middle Ages. Paul Gerhardt wrote a German version which is known by its incipit, "O Haupt voll Blut und Wunden".
Christ Crowned with Thorns (1620) by Anthony van Dyck
Hans Leo Hassler
Paul Gerhardt was a German theologian, Lutheran minister and hymnodist.
Paul Gerhardt, posthumous portrait c. 1700 from the church in Lübben (Spreewald)
The Paul Gerhardt Building in the heart of Münster.
Paul Gerhardt's house, Collegienstraße, Wittenberg