| Man of Sorrows | |
| Artist: | Maarten van Heemskerck |
| Year: | 1532 |
| Medium: | oil on panel |
| Height Metric: | 84.2 |
| Width Metric: | 72.5 |
| Metric Unit: | cm |
| Imperial Unit: | in |
| City: | Ghent |
| Museum: | Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent |
The Man of Sorrows is a 1532 painting by the Dutch Golden Age painter Maarten van Heemskerck in the collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, Ghent.[1] It shows the Man of Sorrows.
The subject depicts Christ after the crucifixion attended by angels, with wounds prominently displayed, wearing the crown of thorns and a loincloth. The loincloth is claimed to be wrapped around an erection, visible to some art historians but not others.[2] Van Heemskerck is not the only Renaissance artist allegedly to depict Christ with an erection (ostentatio genitalium), which some scholars interpret as a symbol of his resurrection and continuing power.[3]
Other versions of Christ crowned with thorns by Heemskerck are: