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Christ Carrying the Cross with Saints Simon and Veronica

Jacques DubroeucqLinkedCulture matchlcp-003a3b83f237

Date: c. 1545
Medium: alabaster
Culture: South Netherlands, Hainault, 16th century
Department: European Painting and Sculpture
Institution: Cleveland Museum of Art
Object ID: 146151

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As Christ dragged his cross through the streets of Jerusalem, Veronica wiped sweat from Christ’s face, which was miraculously imprinted on the fabric. This relief probably came from a choir screen, a barrier between the altar and the congregation, common in medieval churches. Yet the sculpture is more classical than medieval. The artist, yet to be identified, clearly knew the work of Dubreoucq, an artist who brought a taste for Italian Renaissance sculpture to northern France and present-day Belgium. The use of alabaster instead of marble exploits a material local to this part of Europe.

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Credit line: Purchase from the J. H. Wade Fund
Provenance: (Jacques Seligmann and Co., Inc., (New York, New York), sold to the Cleveland Museum of Art, 1971.