Follower of the Master of Saint Veronica

This anonymous painter, active around 1420, made small devotional panels in the old German tradition, often showing Christ with blood streaming from wounds. In Christ on the Living Cross, Jesus is shown alive yet suffering on a cross that sprouts green leaves, a rare detail meant to remind viewers of the Resurrection promise. The delicate, sharp folds in the cloth and the gold-leaf background place this work in the late Gothic era. Tap into this small, intense world by choosing the Christ on the Living Cross panel next.