HEMESSEN, Jan Sanders van
(b. ca. 1500, Hemishem, d. 1556, Haarlem)

Christ Carrying the Cross

1553
Oil on wood, 111 x 97,5 cm
Christian Museum, Esztergom

This late painting of the artist belongs to his best and it exerted an influence on the art of Aertsen. The idealized face of Christ is contrasted with the grotesque - Quentin Massys-like - faces around him.