Carrying of the Cross by Pieter Bruegel the Elder
Year: 1560s
Medium: Oil on oak
Description: Jesus' friends are in the foreground, away from Jesus. Jesus is in the middle being forced to carry the cross, knowing he is to die. He is moving towards cavalry up the hill in the painting, as one moves further up the hill it becomes dark and sinister-looking. Flemish.
Medium: Oil on oak
Description: Jesus' friends are in the foreground, away from Jesus. Jesus is in the middle being forced to carry the cross, knowing he is to die. He is moving towards cavalry up the hill in the painting, as one moves further up the hill it becomes dark and sinister-looking. Flemish.
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