Seated Man of Sorrows (Schr. 910)
15th century
Medium
Woodcut, hand-colored
Dimensions
sheet: 2 1/16 x 1 5/16 in. (5.2 x 3.3 cm)
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
The Elisha Whittelsey Collection, The Elisha Whittelsey Fund, 1966
Accession Number
66.529.10
Tags
Art Historical Context
This delicate 15th-century woodcut, *Seated Man of Sor (Schr. 910)*, created by an anonymous German artist, captures a poignant image of Christ seated in suffering, a popular devotional motif known as the "Man of Sorrows." Measuring just over 2 by 1 inches, its tiny scale made it ideal for personal prayer books or altarpieces, inviting intimate contemplation of Christ's passion and sacrifice. Housed in the Metropolitan Museum of Art's Drawings and Prints department, reflects the Northern European artistic tradition of the late Gothic period transitioning into the Renaissance. Woodcuts like th...