1485 · Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao

In this work created for the church of Torre de los Molinos, a town in the province of Palencia, Christ is portrayed as the Man of Sorrows, a mystic representation that was usually placed in the centre of the predella in Gothic altarpieces. His image stands out against a golden and polychrome ground, in imitation of the rich fabrics of the period, above which we read the Latin inscription "I am the way, the truth, and the life. " The mantle framing the figure presents angular pleats in Flemish style, in a vitreous red produced by the use of a lacquered pigment.Show more