Who painted “Christ Carrying the Cross”?

“Christ Carrying the Cross” was painted by Hieronymus Bosch in 1515. Where to see it: Museum of Fine Arts Ghent (MSK).

Northern Renaissance

What to look for

Hieronymus Bosch: crowded fantastical scenes of tiny naked figures, hybrid monsters, strange fruit and fiery hells, painted with jewel-like detail.

Hieronymus Bosch (c. 1450 – 9 August 1516) was a Dutch painter from Brabant. He is one of the most notable representatives of the Early Netherlandish painting school. His work, generally oil on oak wood, mainly contains fantastic illustrations of religious concepts and narratives. Wikipedia

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“The Garden of Earthly Delights”, 1480–1490
“Ship of Fools”, 1500s
“The Seven Deadly Sins and the Four Last Things”, 1500
“Cutting the Stone”, 1503
“Temptation of Saint Anthony”, 1501
“The Last Judgment”, 1506
“The Haywain Triptych”, 1512–1515
“Death and the Miser”, 1500–1510