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A man, Jesus, carries the crossbeam of a wooden cross over one shoulder and stumbles amid a crowd of dozens of people on foot, sitting, or on horseback in this wide, octagonal painting. All the people appear to have pale skin and wear robes in shades of ivory white, rose pink, ultramarine blue, soft red, or golden yellow. Two men walking away from Jesus have their wrists bound behind their backs. Two men near Jesus lift their arms and look at him, and Jesus looks back over one shoulder. The cross is taller than he is, so the long beam drags behind him. A woman has fainted to the right and is…

Road to Calvary

Anonymous Artist

1615/1620 · oil on copper

National Gallery of Art · Gift of Edward T. and Bonnie S. Wilson

Public domain (NGA Open Access, CC0)

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