Christ Carrying the Cross (Richier)

Christ Carrying the Cross () is a 15th-century polychrome oak sculpture attributed to the French sculptor Ligier Richier in the Église de Saint-Laurent in Pont-à-Mousson in Meurthe-et-Moselle. It is thought to have come from the chapel of "Mount Olive" erected by Philippe de Gueldres in the garden of the Clarisses monastery in Pont-à-Mousson."Ligier Richier L'Artiste et Son Oeuvre" by Paul Denis. Published in Paris in 1911

The sculpture was designated as a Monument historique in 1934.

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Sources Denis, Paul. Ligier Richier, l’artiste et son œuvre. Paris-Nancy: Berger-Levrault, 1911