Christ Carrying the Cross ca. 1520–25 Jan Gossart (called Mabuse) 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 à 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, th
Christ Carrying the Cross ca. 1520–25 Jan Gossart (called Mabuse) 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 à 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 Christ Carrying the Cross 439977
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