Christ as the Man of Sorrows
ca. 1522–25
Medium
Engraving and etching
Dimensions
4 5/16 x 3 1/4 in. (10.9 x 8.2 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Purchase, Gift of Mrs. Gardner Cassatt, by exchange, Charles Z. Offin and John J. McKendry Funds, A. Hyatt Mayor Purchase Fund, Marjorie Phelps Starr Bequest, and Anne Stern, Reba and Dave Williams, and David Tunick Gifts, 1997
Accession Number
1997.372
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About the Artist
Frans Crabbe van Espleghem · 1480–1553
Frans Crabbe van Espleghem was one of the leading artists in Mechelen, the capital of the southern Netherlands. He began his career painting altarpieces but after Albrecht Dürer's visit to the Netherlands in 1521, Crabbe began to produce prints. He combined Italianate figure types with a concern for atmosphere and depth in landscape and an emphasis on ordinary daily life and humble people. In 1539...