PLEYDENWURFF, Hans
(b. 1420, Bamberg, d. 1472, Nürnberg)

Man of Sorrows (left wing)

c. 1457
Distemper on wood, 31 x 23 cm
Germanisches Nationalmuseum, Nuremberg

This panel is the left wing of a diptych, which is called Löwenstein diptych after the donor portrayed on the right wing. Christ is depicted as the Man of Sorrows. His naturalistic figure is placed at half-length like a portrait against a flat background of gold.