Man of Sorrows

American  

noun

1. (in Christian exegesis) an appellation of Jesus Christ as the suffering Savior.

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Etymology

Origin of Man of Sorrows

First recorded in 1350–1400

Example Sentences

Although called a “Pietà,” it was not a depiction of Christ mourned by his intimates, but rather a “Man of Sorrows”—the dead Savior, half-length, with youthful angels—a timeless image designed for contemplation and meditation.

From The Wall Street Journal

“The Man of Sorrows” had last come up for auction, cataloged as a Botticelli, back in 1963, when it sold for a relatively modest $26,000.

From New York Times

Sotheby’s describes “The Man of Sorrows” as a late work by Botticelli from about 1500, a period when, according to Giorgio Vasari’s 1550 “Lives of the Artists,” the Florentine painter fell under the influence of the fire-and-brimstone preaching of the Dominican friar Girolamo Savonarola, becoming an adherent of the preacher’s sect.

From New York Times

Hugo Nathan, a partner in the London-based art advisers Beaumont Nathan, said that he did not recommend “The Man of Sorrows” to his clients.

From New York Times

Now billed as a “seminal masterpiece” by the Italian renaissance master, Botticelli’s tempera-on-panel “The Man of Sorrows,” a solemn half-length depiction of the resurrected Christ, was the standout work in a 55-lot sale of old master paintings and sculpture Thursday.

From New York Times