1515-1520
Christ Carrying the Cross
Navolger Jheronimus Bosch
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Christ Carrying the Cross
techniek: Oil on Oak, 76.8 x 83.1 cm
This panel’s composition is exceptional: Christ appears in a throng of people, with a beam of the cross upon his shoulder. The frame is almost entirely filled by heads and figures from the waist up. For a long time this painting was ascribed to Hieronymus Bosch primarily because of the characteristic faces. However, a comparison with works such as the Crowning with Thorns in London (Cat. 14) or the Ecce Homo in Frankfurt (Cat. 11) reveals that Bosch’s faces are much less caricatured than the visages on this panel. Material-technical research and further examination of the signature have confirmed the suspicion that this work is not by Bosch himself. Moreover, it is remarkable that only the contours have an underdrawing and that this careful preparation was meticulously followed in the painting. This indicates that it is not an original work, but a copy of an existing composition. |  |
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Literatuur en bronnenpublicaties
Matthijs Ilsink, Jos Koldeweij, Ron Spronk, Luuk Hoogstede, Robert G. Erdmann, Rik Klein Gotink, Hanneke Nap and Daan Veldhuizen, Hieronymus Bosch, Painter and Draughtsman. Catalogue Raisonné, Brussels 2016, pp. 442-449.
Luuk Hoogstede, Ron Spronk, Robert G. Erdmann, Rik Klein Gotink, Matthijs Ilsink, Jos Koldeweij, Hanneke Nap and Daan Veldhuizen, Hieronymus Bosch, Painter and Draughtsman. Technical Studies, Brussels 2016, pp. 394-403.
Stefan Fischer, Hieronymus Bosch: Complete Works. Cologne 2013, pp. 40, 266.
Roger H. Marijnissen and P. Ruyffelaere, Hieronymus Bosch: the Complete Works, Antwerp 1987, pp. 378-380.
Larry Silver, Hieronymus Bosch. New York/London 2006, pp. 185, 193.
Ron Spronk, Eigenhandig? Opmerkingen bij de schildertechniek en toeschrijvingsproblematiek bij Jheronimus Bosch/ All by himself? Remarks on painting technique and attributions in regard to Hieronymus Bosch, Nijmegen 2011 (Nijmeegse Kunsthistorische Cahiers 18).
Jean-Marie Tézé, Au coeur de la violence, Jérôme Bosch: le portement de croix de Gand, Paris 1998.
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