Bearing of the cross

in the centre of the picture field, Christ, turned to the right, on his shoulders the cross, whose longitudinal beam supports Nicodemus. on the right and left soldiers, some of whom are mocking the Lord. On the far left the two Marys and John. The background is net-like, neutrally patterned. On the border strips: ‘o Mensch sich diese figvr an vnd was god dvrch dich hat gedan deß soltim dancke sich`eleich so geit dir sein himelreich’, no traces of colour, alabaster, high relief, 17 x 27 cm.