Christ on the Way to Calvary

Gallery 312, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

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Christ on the Way to Calvary

Early 1400s

Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian (active Siena), first documented 1417, died 1482)

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.

Gallery 312, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

Object Details

Title:

Christ on the Way to Calvary

Date:

Early 1400s

Artist:

Giovanni di Paolo (Giovanni di Paolo di Grazia) (Italian (active Siena), first documented 1417, died 1482)

Medium:

Tempera and gold on panel with horizontal grain

Dimensions:

12 1/2 x 13 1/8 inches (31.7 x 33.3 cm)

Classification:

Paintings

Credit Line:

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

Accession Number:

Cat. 105

Geography:

Made in Siena, Italy, Europe

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Gallery 312, European Art 1100-1500, third floor

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