European Painting before 1900, Johnson Collection Christ on the Way to Calvary Predella panel of an altarpiece; other panels from the predella are in the Staatliches Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg, Germany (78), and the Pinacoteca Vaticana (no. 124, no. 129) Made in Siena, Italy, EuropeEarly 1400s Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia), Italian (active Siena), first documented 1417, died 1482 Tempera and gold on panel with horizontal grain * Gallery 212, European Art 1100-1500, second floor Cat. 105 John G. Johnson Collection, 1917 |
LabelThe scene depicts a passage in the late thirteenth-century devotional text The Meditations on the Life of Christ, which describes Christ turning to Mary outside the gate of Jerusalem, and the unusual length of the Cross.* Works in the collection are moved off view for many different reasons. Although gallery locations on the website are updated regularly, there is no guarantee that this object will be on display on the day of your visit. |
