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Christ Bearing the Cross

c. 1665-1675
Bartolomé Esteban Murillo (Spanish (active Seville), 1618–1682)
Murillo has transformed what is typically depicted as a crowded scene into a private encounter between the Virgin and her son, thereby heightening the scene's emotional content and its impact on the viewer.

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