Christ Carrying the Cross
Predella panel of an altarpiece; companion panels are in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (1975.1.41); the Pinacoteca Vaticana (no. 232); the Museum of Western and Oriental Art, Kiev; the Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, Massachusetts (1922.172); Detroit Institute of Arts (60.61)
Sano di Pietro, Italian (active Siena), 1405 - 1481, and Master of the Osservanza, Italian (Siena), active c. 1430 - c. 1460.
Geography:
Made in Siena, Italy, Europe
Date:
c. 1440-1445Medium:
Tempera and tooled gold on panel with horizontal grainDimensions:
14 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (36.8 x 46.7 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
Inv. 1295Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
Made in Siena, Italy, Europe
Date:
c. 1440-1445Medium:
Tempera and tooled gold on panel with horizontal grainDimensions:
14 1/2 x 18 3/8 inches (36.8 x 46.7 cm)Curatorial Department:
European Painting
* Gallery 212, European Art 1100-1500, second floor
Accession Number:Inv. 1295Credit Line:
John G. Johnson Collection, 1917
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