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Christ Carrying the Cross

Quentin Matsysca. 1510 - ca. 1515

Rijksmuseum

Rijksmuseum
Amsterdam, Netherlands

Here Massijs, a leading artist in early 16th-century Antwerp, paints an intense picture of Jesus’s suffering. Jesus appears close to the foreground, connecting almost tangibly with the viewer: bloodied and bowed under the weight of the cross. This penetrating depiction
helped worshippers empathise with Jesus’s pain.

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  • Title: Christ Carrying the Cross
  • Creator: Massijs, Quinten (I)
  • Date Created: ca. 1510 - ca. 1515
  • Physical Dimensions: paneel
  • Subject Keywords: religieuze geschiedenis, kerk
  • Rights: http://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/
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