Artist: Aelbrecht Bouts
Dydis: 55 x 41 cm
Muziejus: Chrysler Museum of Art (Norfolk, United States)
technika: Wood
Aelbrecht Bouts’ emotionally charged close-up was originally paired with an image of the Mater Dolorosa, the sorrowing Mother of Christ. Widely popular among the Catholic faithful, such modest two-part altarpieces were meant for private prayer, focusing at once on the human suffering of Christ and his mother, and on the cosmic results of their sacrifice. Bouts achieves this by setting his image of Christ against a gold ground—an abstract backdrop that transforms the historical figure into a holy icon who transcends time and place. All the while, he emphasizes Christ’s suffering—his bleeding wounds and tear-streaked face echoed in the hundreds of blood-red dots that mark the golden surface.71.489
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