Christ de douleur

Colijn de Coter was a Brussels painter who worked in the tradition of Rogier van der Weyden, adapting the great master's emotional compositions for late fifteenth-century patrons. This Christ de douleur was created around 1482 and is now held at the Musée municipal de Bourg-en-Bresse Egg tempera on panel was the dominant technique of the period, demanding careful layer-by-layer construction and patient craftsmanship The work is now in the collection of Musée municipal de Bourg-en-Bresse.

Oil on panel in the Brussels tradition descended from Rogier van der Weyden, with dramatic emotional expressions and rich drapery. The work demonstrates the artistic qualities characteristic of Colijn de Coter's period.