Title

Christ Bearing the Cross

Author

Van Hemessen, Jan

Hemiksem, ca 1500 - Antwerpen, 1556

Typology

School

Date

Century

Dimensions

Technique

Support

Inscriptions

Signed and dated, at bottom left: "I(OA)NNES (D)E H(E)MES(SEN)/((P)INGEBA(T)/(15)49"

Observations

According to Wallen, the panel has sustained significant damage, particularly to the drapery, and it is likely that the top has been trimmed. A detailed inspection of the nimbus shows it to be original (Wallen 1983).

Bibliography

• B. Wallen (1983): Jan van Hemessen. An Antwerp Painter between Reform and Counter-Reform, UMI Research Press, Ann Arbor, Michigan, pp. 308-309, il. 117-118.
• M. Díaz Padrón (1966): "Una tabla de Jan de Hemessen en el Museo Provincial de Toledo", Arte Español, vol. 25, nº 1, pp. 69-72.

Locations

• 1846: Monastery of San Juan de los Reyes, Toledo (Spain)
• Museo de Santa Cruz, Toledo (Spain) (Inventory number: 472)