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| Keywords: Goltzius, Hendrick, Man of Sorrows with a Chalice (Christ as Redeemer), 1614.jpg Artwork Creator Hendrik Goltzius Catalogue Entry A suffering Christ with a triangular nimbus and crown of thorns sits alone in a niche His glowing flesh pulses with life and pain against the cold stone Yet his body already bears the stigmata the five wounds of the Crucifixion Pierced and bleeding his right hand is lifted in a sign of blessing This is the Man of Sorrows a mystical image for contemplation rooted in late-medieval devotional practice showing Christ simultaneously living and dead The image draws upon many sources including a relic � � �Veronica �s Veil Christ �s face was miraculously imprinted on the saint �s veil as she wiped his brow on the road to Calvary � � �and the legendary Mass of Saint Gregory the Man of Sorrows appeared to the saint while he celebrated mass and Christ �s wounds bled into the chalice to demonstrate the doctrine of transubstantiation The realism of Christ �s living body emphasizes his human suffering yet as a body brought to life again after death also conveys the hope that through his suffering he offers eternal life to all Goltzius the preeminent Dutch engraver began to paint late in life Man of Sorrows with a Chalice echoes the work of his teacher Maarten van Heemskerck 1498 �1574 whose expressive muscular figures were informed by Michelangelo and Classical antiquity sources that Goltzius himself saw during a trip to Italy in 1590 �91 He also invigorates his Christ with new vitality based on studies of living models in the Haarlem academy Gallery Label Despite his renown as an engraver Goltzius aspired to gain the regard and distinction reserved in his day only for painters of historical mythological and religious narratives Here the artist grounds his painting in the visual tradition of the Man of Sorrows This type originated in the religious art of the late Middle Ages and presents the already crucified Christ in a state of animation distinct from the one he exhibits following the Resurrection A weeping Christ presents the marks of his Passion with his vividly depicted body pierced by the lance wound and bearing the stigmata with other blemishes of abuse These features encourage empathy and underscore the magnitude of his sacrifice Christ holds a chalice much like the ones used in the artist �s day for the sacrament of communion This addition along with the gesture of blessing suggests the connection between Christ �s redemptive suffering and the salvation of those who commemorate it by participating in the communion rite 1614 Oil wood panel Size cm 89 78 7 <br> frame Size cm 107 3 97 2 5 4 Institution Princeton University Art Museum European Art object history Private collection until 1985; sale Sotheby �s London July 3 1985 to Princeton University Art Museum exhibition history credit line Museum purchase Fowler McCormick Class of 1921 Fund accession number y1985-36 place of creation Princeton University Art Museum PD-old-100 1617 cite book Steward James Christen Princeton University Art Museum Handbook of the Collections Revised and Expanded Edition 2013 Princeton University Art Museum Princeton NJ 978-0943012414 2nd 192 cite web Man of Sorrows with a Chalice Christ as Redeemer y1985-36 http //artmuseum princeton edu/collections/objects/32802 Princeton University Art Museum European paintings in the Princeton University Art Museum 1614 European art in the Princeton University Art Museum 1614 Paintings in the Princeton University Art Museum 1614 Dutch paintings in the Princeton University Art Museum 1614 Paintings by Hendrick Goltzius Renaissance paintings of the Man of Sorrows Paintings of the Man of Sorrows in the United States Uploaded with UploadWizard | ||||
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