The Passion: Christ Bearing the Cross
c. 1480
- Medium
- engraving
- Status
- In Museum Collection
- Collect24 Art ID
- C24-197935
Martin Schongauer's series of the Passion of Christ was his largest set of engravings, made around 1480, and extensively copied across Europe. It consists of twelve prints detailing the suffering of Christ in the last days of his life. Schongauer's version focuses on crowded scenes, grotesque physiognomies of Christ's tormentors, and great pathos in the compositions. Here, a long procession exits the city gate of Jerusalem. Christ, at the center, is weighed down by the heavy cross which he must carry to Calvary. On the left, the Virgin Mary cries for the imminent death of her son, while Veron…
Provenance
The Cleveland Museum of Art, Gift of The Print Club of Cleveland, 1922.86
Registry history
- c. 1480 — Recorded in the collection of Cleveland Museum of Art — prints
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