Focus on Man of Sorrows (Geertgen tot Sint Jans) and explain the Devotional type.
The panel is in the tradition of the iconic devotional image of the "Man of Sorrows", which developed in Europe from the 13th century, and was especially popular in Northern Europe. The phrase, in the passages of Isaiah 53 (Servant songs) in the Hebrew Bible, translates into English as "Man of Sorrows" ("vir dolorum" in the Vulgate):In such works the viewer is asked to stand before the wounded and maimed, half naked body of Christ, and contemplate and contemplate and take responsibility for his sufferings. Geertgen's depiction differs from previous iconographical depictions in that Christ's head is raised, and he looks directly at the viewer.
Bible Vulgate Hebrew Bible Servant songs Isaiah 53 Man of Sorrows wound