Lower Rhine or North Germany, 16th century, Man of Sorrows, - Lot 402

Lower Rhine or North Germany, 16th century, Man of Sorrows, also known as "Ecce homo", polychromed wood fort-relief, hollow back, size H. 75x30x30cm, accidents This iconography of Christ seated on a mound, leaning with a pensive and resigned air, crowned with thorns crowned with thorns and clad in a purple mantle, appeared in the Germanic and Burgundian-Flemish do-Flemish regions at the end of the 15th century. It depicts a moment in Christ's Passion between his death his death and resurrection, and illustrates the expression of a verse from the Book of Isaiah (Is.53.3) ''Object of scorn of scorn, forsaken by men, man of sorrows, familiar with suffering". It is similar to the iconography of the Ecce Homo, where Christ is presented to the crowd by Pontius Pilate the iconography of Christ in Bindings, which depicts Jesus seated, afflicted and bound, awaiting the preparations for his final on Mount Golgotha. This sculpted representation of the Man of Sorrows particularly widespread in German-speaking countries, thanks to the works of Dürer (Albrecht Dürer, The Man of Sorrows, circa 1493, oil on panel, dim. 30 X 19 CM, Karlsruhe, Staatliche Kunsthalle) and responds to the new need to humanize the Christ figure during this period. Expert :Elodie Jeannest de Gyvès Cabinet Lacroix - Jeannest Paris