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Source Description
The procession engulfing Christ carrying his cross to Calvary winds out of the city at the left, into the foreground, and back to Calvary at the far right. The oblong shape suggests that the canvas was painted for a specific place, perhaps a sacristy. Francken included a similar work in some of his paintings of collections.The miracle of Veronica's veil was a very popular subject in the late Middle Ages and then revived in the 1600s. Frans Francken the Younger was the most prolific member of a family of successful painters in Antwerp.
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Document identity
localId
23754
label
Christ Carrying the Cross
core
obj
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drawing
citationUrl
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1
Source metadata
id
23754
sourceUrl
contentType
drawing
stage
normalized
title
Christ Carrying the Cross
description
The procession engulfing Christ carrying his cross to Calvary winds out of the city at the left, into the foreground, and back to Calvary at the far right. The oblong shape suggests that the canvas was painted for a specific place, perhaps a sacristy. Francken included a similar work in some of his paintings of collections.The miracle of Veronica's veil was a very popular subject in the late Middle Ages and then revived in the 1600s. Frans Francken the Younger was the most prolific member of a family of successful painters in Antwerp.
provenance
Mrs. Marcelle J. von Mayer-Denues, Columbia, Maryland [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Walters Art Museum, 1985, by bequest.
date
1620-1629 (Baroque)
citationUrl
rightsUri
CC0
language
en
genreSpecific
Painting & Drawing
paintings
imageCount
1
pageCount
1
source
import
dimensions
units
cm
width
36.8
height
176.8
dimensionsRaw
H: 14 1/2 x W: 69 5/8 in. (36.8 x 176.8 cm)
Source extras
cul
Flemish
med
oil on canvas
creator_ids
2009
collection_ids
BAR
exhibition_ids
none
Single page context
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1
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0
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photo
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22a5617bed4fba90