Christ as the man of sorrows set within an ornate frame

Christ as the man of sorrows set within an ornate frame

Nicoletto da Modena

An item at Metropolitan Museum of Art

Written on the mat on which it came to the MMA: "Flemish. School of Israel van Meckenem. Based on - and similar to - Meckenem's Man of Sorrows. Very Rare and Fine. Ca. 1500"

Drawings and Prints

An exhibit at Metropolitan Museum of Art

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