拍品 115
115
THE PROPERTY OF A GENTLEMAN 
A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME CARVED WOODEN RELIEF OF CHRIST ON THE ROAD TO CALVARY

PROBABLY NETHERLANDISH, FIRST QUARTER 16TH CENTURY

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A PARCEL-GILT POLYCHROME CARVED WOODEN RELIEF OF CHRIST ON THE ROAD TO CALVARY
PROBABLY NETHERLANDISH, FIRST QUARTER 16TH CENTURY

In a later moulded gilt-wood frame.
The polychromy refreshed; numerous minor cracks, losses and restorations.
32in. (81.3cm.) high, the relief
45 x 64 3/8in. (114.3 x 163.5cm.) overall

拍品专文

This type of representation of Christ falling under the weight of the cross on the road to Calvary was extremely popular in Germany and the Netherlands. Christ is shown being attacked by Roman soldiers, while Simon of Cyrene takes up the cross, and Saint Veronica kneels in attendance with the Sudarium, the cloth that received the imprint of Christ's face. Over to one side is the fainting Virgin, supported by Saint John the Evangelist and the Holy Women, with a crowd of subsidiary figures beyond. A similarly crowded, horizontal composition with most of the same features is found in an engraving by Martin Schongauer.