This finely carved and well-preserved plaque sensitively depicts the quintessential late-medieval devotional image of the Man of Sorrows. The half-length figure of Christ, unclothed above the waist, appears between the mourning figures of the Virgin and Saint John the Evangelist. Christ is bearded, wears the crown of thorns, and is portrayed with his arms crossed over his chest, revealing the stigmata on his hands. The composition of the lower portion of the ivory relief closely follows Martin Schongauer's engraving of the Man of Sorrows of about 1475 (acc. no. 51.516.1) in details such as the finely rendered hands and fingers of the figures and the treatment of the drapery folds. Specifically, the depiction of Saint John's gentle hold on Christ's elbow, the sorrowful gesture of the Virgin's left hand at her cheek, and the manner in which the straight folds of the Virgin's cloak frame her figure suggest that the print was an important source for the carver. In addition, a painting of the Man of Sorrows of 1457 from the workshop of Swabian artist Hans Multscher (d. 1467) and late fifteenth-century bronze plaquettes derived from it were the source of the angels holding the drapery in the upper part of the composition.