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On the Way to Calvary

On the Way to Calvary

Maker (Austrian, active ca. 1420 - 1440)
ClassificationsPAINTINGS
Dateearly 15th Century
Mediumoil on panel
Dimensionspanel: 12 × 13 in. (30.5 × 33 cm.) frame: 15 × 14 3/4 × 1 1/2 in. (38.1 × 37.5 × 3.8 cm.)
Credit LineThe Huntington Library, Art Museum, and Botanical Gardens. The Arabella D. Huntington Memorial Art Collection.
Status
Not on view
Label TextHere, Christ carries the cross on which he will be crucified through a menacing crowd. He looks back toward his followers while the men directly behind him urge him on with violent gestures. The artist has created a feeling of compressed tension by placing all of the figures in the cramped lower half while the top half is a rhythmic pattern of spears, ladder, and flag. A gap in the procession isolates the sorrowful Christ and asks the viewer to contemplate the impending sacrifice.


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