Scene from the Passion of Christ: Christ on the cross with the holy women

Inventory number: CVH 523/5
Bollaert & Moortgat

Christ is hanging on the cross; from the wounds in His side, blood is flowing, which is caught in a chalice by an angel; Mary Magdalene is clasping the foot of the cross; two other women are standing in the foreground right, who are expressing their grief through their postures. The drawing is enclosed at the top by a round arch, on which a drape hangs down on the right. The scene is situated on a small platform with three steps leading up to it. In the foreground left, two soldiers are sitting playing dice for Christ’s robe; one soldier is holding a candle.

Artist:

anonymous

Dating:

1728

Material:

Black and brown ink on paper

Dimensions:

311 x 290 mm

Marks :

Inscriptions top left, left at the side and centred at the bottom

Place:

Plantin-Moretus-Museum, Antwerp

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