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Christ carrying the Cross
Altobello Meloneabout 1515
The National Gallery, London
London, United Kingdom
Christ is here depicted as if turning to his mother or to one of the other holy women who witnessed the procession to Calvary where he was crucified. The faces of two soldiers are also included in the composition; one of them is only just discernible in the darkness top right.
Melone was a pupil of Gerolamo Romanino.
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Details
- Title: Christ carrying the Cross
- Creator: Altobello Melone
- Date Created: about 1515
- Physical Dimensions: 61 x 46.5 cm
- Type: Painting
- Medium: Oil on wood
- School: Italian (Cremonese)
- More Info: Explore the National Gallery’s paintings online
- Inventory number: NG6546
- Artist Dates: about 1490; died before 1543
- Artist Biography: Melone is said to have been a pupil in Brescia of Romanino, whose work is sometimes confused with Melone's.
- Acquisition Credit: Bought, 1993
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