Man of Sorrows (Heemskerck)
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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. It shows the Man of Sorrows.
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:
- File:Maarten van Heemskerck 019 interior 01.jpg|Triptych Ecce Homo
- File:Maarten van Heemskerck 020.jpg|Christ Crowned with Thorns
- File:Christus als man van smarten Rijksmuseum SK-A-1306.jpeg|Christ as Man of Sorrows
- File:Maarten van Heemskerck - Jesus op de koude steen.jpg|Christ in Agony
All three versions of Man of Sorrows are depicted in Leo Steinberg's monograph The Sexuality of Christ in Renaissance Art and Modern Oblivion.
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References
- Maerten van Heemskerck, Man of Sorrows, c. 1525-30 (77.5 X 54.6). Greenville, South Carolina, Bob Jones University Collection. Fig. 96.
- Maerten van Heemskerck, Man of Sorrows, 1532 (90 X 65). Ghent, Museum voor Schone Kunsten. Fig. 97.
- Maerten van Heemskerck, Man of Sorrows, 1525 (120 X 95). Whereabouts unknown. Fig. 98.
