Christ as the Man of Sorrows

c. 1480

Netherlandish 15th Century

Associated Names
Netherlandish 15th Century

Artist

The image shows a seated figure with one knee raised and an arm resting on it, while the other arm supports the head. The person has a long face with a beard and long wavy brown hair. Wrapped around their head is a green crown of thorns, and they have a faint, red circular halo behind them. Their attire is minimal, consisting of a cloth draped around their waist. The background features a simple, stylized landscape with green hills. Above them is a wooden cross, partially visible, with a sign at the top. To the left of the cross, ropes hang down, one holding a tied bundle. These elements are enclosed within a rectangular border.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    woodcut, hand-colored in green, yellow, red and brown on laid paper

  • Credit Line

    Rosenwald Collection

  • Dimensions

    block: 15.3 × 10.7 cm (6 × 4 3/16 in.)
    sheet: 17.4 × 12.7 cm (6 7/8 × 5 in.)

  • Accession Number

    1943.3.833

  • Catalogue Raisonné

    Schreiber, Vol. IX, no. 908, State d

Artwork history & notes

Exhibition History

1965

  • Fifteenth-Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the Collection of the National Gallery of Art, NGA, 1965-1966, no. 130, repro.

  • Selected 15th Century Prints from the Lessing J. Rosenwald Collection, National Gallery of Art, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, 1965, no. 22.

Bibliography

1926

  • Schreiber, Wilhelm Ludwig. Handbuch de Holz- und Metailschnitte des XV Jahrhunderts. 8 vols. Leipzig: Verlag Karl W. Hierseman, 1926-1930.

1965

  • Field, Richard S. Fifteenth Century Woodcuts and Metalcuts from the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Exh. cat. Washington: National Gallery of Art, 1965, 130.

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Wikidata ID

Q64953464

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