Christ Falls on the Road to Calvary

Christ Falls on the Road to Calvary

Print
 
Object Name: 
Reverse Painting
Title: 
Christ Falls on the Road to Calvary
Department
European
Category
Renaissance
Baroque
Place Made: 
Austria, probably Hall in Tirol
Date: 
about 1570-1580
Color
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colorless
Technique
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reverse painting on glass
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gilding
Material
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glass
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wood
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paint
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gold
Dimensions: 
Overall Frame H: 45.4 cm, W: 44.7 cm, D: 4.6 cm
Accession Number: 
2002.3.5
Location: 
On Display
Description
Colorless non-lead glass, wood; reverse-painted, gilded. Flat, rectangular sheet, painted on the reverse side with a depiction of Christ on the Road to Calvary, derived from the painting known as "Lo Spasimo di Sicilia" by Raphael. The central, kneeling figure of Christ carrying the Cross is robed in dark blue, the Cross guilt. On the right are four soldiers urging him on. On the left a group of four saints in red and blue. In the left background are Pontius Pilate (?) and a priest mounted on horses, in dark brown and gold-leaf gilding. On the right is a mounted soldier in armor, holding a banner and pointing to a path leading to Calvary with the three crosses in the distance and mountains behind. The scene is delineated in black, like a print, and filled in with color. Original, profiled wooden frame.
Provenance
Knoll, Thomas, Former Collection
2002-01-11
The Corning Museum of Glass Annual Report 2002 (2003) illustrated, p. 9;
Recent Important Acquisitions, 45 (2003) illustrated, pp. 204-205, fig. 4a-b;

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