Jesus Carries the Cross on His Back, Second Station of the Via Crucis

Composition in gray, ochre, earthy, white, blue, rose and yellow. Smooth texture with some marked brushstrokes. It depicts Jesus raising the cross being helped by one person and two soldiers with whips up threatening to flog him. In the foreground, the center, Jesus in profile standing to the right, walking. wears tunic in gray tone and loads large cross that rests on his on the left shoulder. On the left, behind the cross, figure almost facing downward sloping, suggesting be trying to suspend the cross to relieve the weight on the shoulder of Jesus. In the background, on the left, soldier from the front part of the body covered by the cross that Jesus carries. It has the on the right arm raised and holding the hand a whip. On the right, another soldier, this 3/4 rear-facing, using short tunic, suggesting that leather. It also raised the on the right arm and holds a whip. Background light gray tone and floor with geometrical areas in shades of gray and rose. The skin of all the figures is gray, and Jesus' feet and legs of the soldier on the right are in gray-blue tone.