Christ Carrying the Cross and Veronica with the Sudarium

religious

The present composition - composed of two panels - was originally part of a large Crucifixion, which at some point in the past was broken up into smaller panels. Although five of these have been reunited in the Thyssen-Bornemisza Collection, most of the composition is still missing. The painting reveals a great interest in narrative and is built up through the accumulation of numerous different elements and incidents, whereby various episodes from the Passion take place at the same time: in the middle ground, Christ bearing the Cross takes the cloth which St Veronica offers Him.

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Christ Carrying the Cross and Veronica with the Sudarium

About the Artist

Derick Baegert

1440 – 1515

German painter, part of a family of painters. Derick Baegert, who executed mainly religious works, ran a flourishing workshop with his son Jan, his nephew Jan Joest, and other masters. Father and son are thought to have visited the Netherlands together, c. 1482-4, but although a Netherlandish influence pervaded their work, Derick's retained a Late Gothic style. He produced several large altarpieces, including the ones for the Dortmunder Propsteikirche and the Mathena Church in Wesel, the Berlin Passion altar and the Parish Church altar in Cologne. Derick Baegert worked in Wesel in the lower Rhine region, but similarities in style between his works and panel paintings and book illustrations made in Utrecht indicate that he may have trained in that city. He was in Wesel by 1476 and painted a flag, probably for the town hall. From that year he is frequently mentioned in contracts, accounts and tax lists.

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