# Christ Carrying the Cross

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## Artwork

- Artist: [HEMESSEN, Jan Sanders van](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on wood, 111 x 98 cm

## Commentary

This late painting of the artist belongs to his best and it exerted an influence on the art of Pieter Aertsen. The idealized face of Christ is contrasted with the grotesque - Quentin Massys-like - faces around him. There are other, less important variants of this painting.

## Related artworks

- [Allegorical Scene](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/allegorical-scene-rced613473e6f5b>)
- [Christ Carrying the Cross \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/christ-carrying-the-cross-detail-r78eeae71284483>)
- [Christ Mocked \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/christ-mocked-detail-r574848d829f751>)
- [Isaac Blessing Jacob](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/isaac-blessing-jacob-r72662b02da0f78>)
- [Judith](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/judith-rb0f52752152a14>)
- [Merry Company](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/merry-company-r8c3ab32bc197b6>)
- [Portrait of a Man](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/portrait-of-a-man-r72f3a33e2e70b8>)
- [St Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/st-jerome-r4bbbef1da8b0b7>)
- [St Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/st-jerome-r59923dd7f4638e>)
- [St Jerome](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/st-jerome-r663d75b66c69e4>)
- [The Descent from the Cross](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/the-descent-from-the-cross-rd23d1485844d0d>)
- [The Lamentation of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/hemessen-jan-sanders-van-rd8da7701b01ab7/the-lamentation-of-christ-rcdc44d793c37c6>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)