The makeshift name of Monogrammist DR refers to an anonymous master at work at the end of the sixteenth century. The monogram DR and the year 1591 are inscribed bottom right. This picture entitled Christ Carrying the Cross was inspired by the famous panel of the same name by Pieter Brueghel the Elder, which is at the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna. The scene is set in a landscape shaped like a heart. We already see landscapes with human shapes in the work of Jheronimus Bosch. However it is not always easy to uncover their symbolic meaning. In the centre we see Christ stumbling under the weight of his cross, while on the right the good and bad murderers are being taken to Golgotha in a cart. The city in the distance is supposed to be Jerusalem. However, the soldiers’ clothing and that of the priests and the good and bad murderers place the scene in the Netherlands of the sixteenth century. Here the religious theme of the carrying of the cross has produced a picture that alludes to the practices of the Inquisition.
| Artist |
Monogrammist DR
RKD
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| Title | Christ Carrying the Cross |
| Date | 1591 |
| Period | 16th century |
| Location | Southern Netherlands TGN |
| Signatures, inscriptions, and markings | monogram and year bottom right: A° 1591. DR [“DR” in monogram] |
| inscription centre right, on a banner: PRAESES/ PALSETINE / PROVINCIE / P.POVLORO | |
| Collection | paintings AAT |
| Object type | oil paintings (visual works) AAT |
| Inventory number | 1952-D |
| Acquisition credit |
long-term loan
Vlaamse Gemeenschap Brussels 1952 |
| Current whereabouts | Work on display |
| Permalink | https://mskgent.be/collection/work/data/1952-D |
| IIIF Manifest | https://imagehub.mskgent.be/iiif/3/2310/manifest.json |
| Art & Architecture Thesaurus |
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religious symbolism
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300015636 landscapes AAT |
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| Keywords Iconclass |
11D
Christ
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| School / Style | Renaissance AAT |
| Monogrammist DR / Jan-Pieter Ballegeer. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 336, nr. 722) |
| Montée au Calvaire de Bruegel Ancien / Robert Genaille. - [s.l.] : [s.n.], [s.a.] (p. 187) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent / Robert Hoozee. - Brussel : Ministerie van de Vlaamse Gemeenschap, 1988 (p. 33, 37) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent = Museum of Fine Arts Ghent / Claudie De Guillebon, Jacques Ostier, Robert Hoozee, Monique Tahon-Vanroose. - Parijs : Association des Amis de "Musées 2000", 1989 (p. 63 (ill.)) |
| Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent : Catalogus schilderkunst ; Deel I: 14de - 18de eeuw ; Deel II: 19de - 20ste eeuw / Robert Hoozee, Johan De Smet, Bruno Fornari, Ruth Monteyne. - Gent : Museum voor Schone Kunsten Gent, 2007 (dl. I, p. 131 (ill.)) |
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