
Christ Carrying the Cross
Attributed to Hans Maler

Renaissance Painter · Active 1505 – 1505
Attributed to Hans Maler is among the painters whose work defines the Renaissance era. Paintale holds 1 of Maler's works in its collection, spanning themes of portrait.
Where to see the work: Art Institute of Chicago.
Working at the height of the Renaissance period, Attributed to Hans Maler produced a body of work that remains foundational to Western art. The recurring themes across the surviving paintings — portrait — show an artist returning to the same questions about the human figure, light, and the moral weight of a scene that Renaissance painting was uniquely equipped to answer.
Museums now holding Attributed to Hans Maler's work include Art Institute of Chicago. On each painting's page here, we go beyond the caption to cover subject, symbolism, technique, and provenance — the context a modern viewer needs to see what the original audience saw.
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