BOECKHORST, Jan van
(b. ca. 1604, Münster or Rees, d. 1668, Antwerpen)

Christ on the Cross

c. 1640
Oil on panel, 106 x 75 cm
Private collection

Formerly this painting was attributed to Rubens. Indeed, Boeckhorst's style in his early period was particularly close to that of Rubens, and he certainly knew Rubens's own treatments of this subject, in particular his painting now in Antwerp.