Christ Carrying the Cross. Artist: Jan Gossart (called Mabuse) (Netherlandish, Maubeuge ca. 1478-1532 Antwerp ()). Dimensions: 9 7/8 7 1/2 in. (25.1 19 cm). Date: ca. 1520-25.Christ appears isolated outside the walls of Jerusalem, stumbling and weighed down by the heavy burden of the cross. His elaborate pose reflects Gossart's study of Roman sculpture. Intended for private meditation, Gossart's poignant depiction of the suffering Savior responds to widely popular texts such as Thomas Kempis's De Imitatione Christi (Imitation of Christ, about 1420), which advocated personal and empathic contemplation focused on the individual events of Christ's Passion. Used as a visual aid for private devotion, the small painting was most likely either hung on a wall or hand-held. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Jan Gossart (called Mabuse).

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Christ Carrying the Cross. Artist: Jan Gossart (called Mabuse) (Netherlandish, Maubeuge ca. 1478-1532 Antwerp ()). Dimensions: 9 7/8 7 1/2 in. (25.1 19 cm). Date: ca. 1520-25.Christ appears isolated outside the walls of Jerusalem, stumbling and weighed down by the heavy burden of the cross. His elaborate pose reflects Gossart's study of Roman sculpture. Intended for private meditation, Gossart's poignant depiction of the suffering Savior responds to widely popular texts such as Thomas Kempis's De Imitatione Christi (Imitation of Christ, about 1420), which advocated personal and empathic contemplation focused on the individual events of Christ's Passion. Used as a visual aid for private devotion, the small painting was most likely either hung on a wall or hand-held. Museum: Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, USA. Author: Jan Gossart (called Mabuse).

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