Christ Carrying the Cross (French: Le Christ Portant Sa Croix) 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.[1] 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.[2]
The sculpture was designated as a Monument historique in 1934.[1]
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- ^ a b Base Palissy: statue : le Christ portant sa croix, Ministère français de la Culture. (in French)
- ^ "Ligier Richier L'Artiste et Son Oeuvre" by Paul Denis. Published in Paris in 1911
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- Denis, Paul. Ligier Richier, l’artiste et son œuvre. Paris-Nancy: Berger-Levrault, 1911