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)
Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia), Italian (active Siena), first documented 1417, died 1482
Geography:
Made in Siena, Italy, Europe
Date:
Early 1400sMedium:
Tempera and gold on panel with horizontal grainDimensions:
12 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (31.7 x 33.3 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
Cat. 105Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
Made in Siena, Italy, Europe
Date:
Early 1400sMedium:
Tempera and gold on panel with horizontal grainDimensions:
12 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (31.7 x 33.3 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 212, European Art 1100-1500, second floor
Accession Number:Cat. 105Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
Label:
The 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.
The 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.
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