Master’s work is defined by its 15th century sensibility — an enduring influence on generations that followed. Most artists are dead; following is a declaration of love.

Christ Carrying the Cross
Master of the Worcester Carrying of the Cross (active c. 1400–c. 1450)

Christ Carrying the Cross
Sebastiano del Piombo (Italian, c. 1485–1547)

Christ Carrying the Cross
Master of the Freising Visitation (German, active 1451–1490)

Christ Carrying the Cross
Attributed to Hans Maler (German, c. 1480–by 1529)

Joseph Sold by his Brothers
Master of the Die (Italian, active c. 1530-1560) after Raffaello Sanzio, called Raphael (Italian, 1483-1520)

Fragment from Christ Carrying the Cross: Mourning Virgin
Jean Hey (Master of Moulins; Netherlandish, active in France, c. 1480-c.1504)

Christ Carrying the Cross, from The Small Passion
Jacques Callot French, 1592-1635

Fragment from Christ Carrying the Cross: Saint John the Evangelist
Jean Hey (Master of Moulins; Netherlandish, active in France, c. 1480-c.1504)

Putti Carrying the Cross (recto); Studies of a Hand (verso)
Gian Lorenzo Bernini Italian, 1598-1680

St. George Killing the Dragon
Master B with Two Crossed Daggers German, died 1499

Beach at Cabasson (Baigne-Cul)
Henri Edmond Cross (French, 1856–1910)

Christ Carrying the Cross
Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish, c. 1494-1533

Descent from the Cross
Abraham Rattner American, 1895–1978

Christ on the Cross
Flemish

Black and Tanned Your Whipped Wind of Change Howled Low Blowing Itself - Ha - Smack into the Middle of Duke Ellington's Orchestra Billie Heard It Too & Cried Strange Fruit Tears
Carrie Mae Weems American, born 1953

The Round Passion: Christ Carrying the Cross
Lucas van Leyden Netherlandish, c. 1494-1533

Christ Carrying the Cross
Cesare Rossetti Italian, 1568-c. 1621

Plate from the Duke of Clarence Service
Worcester Porcelain Factory (Flight Period, 1783-1792) Worcester, England, founded 1751

Bishop at Mass in a Historiated Initial "P" from a Choirbook
French or possibly southern Netherlandish follower of Master Honoré (French, flourished 1288-1300)