Christus aan het kruis
Jan Thomas
1642 - 1678
Medium
paper
Dimensions
429; 274
About this artwork
verzamelaarsmerk, verso, gestempeld: Lugt 2228
Art Historical Context
Jan Thomas’s *Christus aan het kruis* (Christ on the Cross) is a striking work on paper created sometime between 1642 and 1678. Measuring 429 by 274 millimetres, the drawing or print captures the solemn moment of the Crucifixion with the directness that paper allows—an intimate scale suited to private devotion or careful study. The medium’s delicacy invites close looking, revealing fine lines and subtle tonal modelling that bring emotional weight to the central figure. Thomas, active in the Flemish Baroque period, worked in an era when religious imagery remained central to both Catholic worsh...