# The Mocking of Christ or the Man of Sorrows [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [GOSSART, Jan]() - Date: 1501-1550 - Technique: Etching on iron, second state, 198 x 145 mm ## Commentary The Mocking of Christ or the Man of Sorrows c. 1525 Etching on iron, second state, 198 x 145 mm Staatliche Museen, Berlin This scene draws elements from depictions of the Crowning with Thorns, in which a fool presents Christ with a mock sceptre, often a long reed, a cattail cut at the top, or, as here, a full cattail. The Man of Sorrows with a cattail, a symbol of salvation or the Resurrection, can be found in a number of northern European church sculptures as well. In this work, Gossart typically melded both Northern and Italian sources \(engravings by <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/d/durer/2/13/3/07thorns.html'\)" href="/html/d/durer/2/13/3/07thorns.html">Dürer</a> and Marcantonio <a onclick="return OpenOther\('/html/r/raimondi/mars.html'\)" href="/html/r/raimondi/mars.html">Raimondi</a>\). ## Related artworks - [A Grotesque with Two Sirens]() - [A Man Holding a Glove]() - [A Reliquary]() - [A Women's Bath]() - [Adam Accuses Eve before God]() - [Adam and Eve \(detail\)]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Adam and Eve]() - [Agony in the Garden \(detail\)]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()