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Christ Carrying his Cross
Spanishc.1650s-60s
Dulwich Picture Gallery
London, United Kingdom
Details
- Title: Christ Carrying his Cross
- Date: c.1650s-60s
- Physical Dimensions: w1304 x h1910 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil
- Work Nationality: Spanish
- Support: Canvas
- School: Spanish
- Provenance: London, Sir Francis Bourgeois, 1811; Bourgeois Bequest, 1811.
- Further Information: The composition for this painting is inspired by a prototype in Seville Cathedral by the sixteenth-century painter Luis de Vargas (1502-68). The solidity of the figure of Christ bears a strong influence from the polychrome sculptures that were processed through the streets of Seville during Holy Week. Although this painting has been attributed to an anonymous Sevillian painter, it is close to Bartolomé Esteban Murillo's early style of the 1650s with its cool palette, tight brushwork and the more uniform treatment of the figures' expressions.
- Acquisition Method: Bourgeois, Sir Peter Francis (Bequest, 1811)
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