Man of Sorrows
Maerten van Heemskerck
Maerten van Heemskerck or Marten Jacobsz Heemskerk van Veen was a Dutch portrait and religious painter, who spent most of his career in Haarlem. He was a pupil of Jan van Scorel, and adopted his teacher's Italian-influenced style.
Max Resolution:584×700 PX
Title:Man of Sorrows
Artists:Maerten van Heemskerck
Date:c.1532
Style:Mannerism
Genre:religious painting
Medium:oil,panel
Location:Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent, Belgium
Dimensions:72.5×84.2 cm
Copyright:Public domain
The Man of Sorrows is a 1532 painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Maarten van Heemskerck in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent.
The subject depicts Christ after the crucifixion attended by angels, with wounds prominently displayed, wearing the crown of thorns and a loincloth. The loincloth is claimed to be wrapped around an erection, visible to some art historians but not others. Van Heemskerck is not the only Renaissance artist to depict Christ with an erection (ostentatio genitalium), which some scholars interpret as a symbol of his resurrection and continuing power.
Other versions of Christ crowned with thorns by Heemskerck are:
The subject depicts Christ after the crucifixion attended by angels, with wounds prominently displayed, wearing the crown of thorns and a loincloth. The loincloth is claimed to be wrapped around an erection, visible to some art historians but not others. Van Heemskerck is not the only Renaissance artist to depict Christ with an erection (ostentatio genitalium), which some scholars interpret as a symbol of his resurrection and continuing power.
Other versions of Christ crowned with thorns by Heemskerck are: