The Mocking of Christ / Christ as the Man of Sorrows

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The Mocking of Christ / Christ as the Man of Sorrows

Artist Jan Gossaert, called Mabuse (Flemish, ca. 1478-1536)

Dateabout 1525

DimensionsOverall: 8 x 5 7/8 in. (20.3 x 15 cm)

MediumEtching

ClassificationPrints

Credit LinePurchased with Funds from the Libbey Endowment, gift of Edward Drummond Libbey

Object number

1980.1012

Not on View

Label TextIn Northern Europe in the early 1500s, prints began to show the influence of classical learning and the innovations of the Italian Renaissance. Flemish artist Jan Gossart traveled to Italy, where he explored the classical world and studied ancient art, as well as the work of Renaissance masters like Michelangelo. Gossart looked to antique sculpture as a model of ideal proportion, especially as seen here in the muscular figure of Christ. The subject is a cross between the scene of Christ being crowned with thorns and presented with a mock scepter as King of the Jews—here, a fool presents him with a cattail—and the contemplative figure of the Man of Sorrows, a symbol of salvation.Exhibition HistoryThe Passion and the Apocalypse: Albrecht Dürer's Renaissance, Oct 1,04 - Jan 2,05 TMA The Painter Was a Printmaker: June 23 - Sept. 9, 1984 TMA Recent Acquisitions: Prints, Drawings, & llustrated Books Jan. 22, - June 24, 1983 Toledo Museum of Art, Looks Good on Paper: Masterworks and Favorites, Oct. 10, 2014-Jan. 11, 2015.