The Man of Sorrows

This late medieval genre breaks out of the narrative chronology of the Passion to present the bloodied body of Christ to the viewer's gaze. The Man of Sorrows may be seen as at left with his mother and St. John the Evangelist, or with those two and additional saints (example), or alone (example).

At left, 15th-century engraving

Another image:
15th-century stained glass

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