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A man, Jesus, carries the crossbeam of a wooden cross over one shoulder and stumbles amid a crowd of dozens of people on foot, sitting, or on horseback in this wide, octagonal painting. All the people appear to have pale skin and wear robes in shades of ivory white, rose pink, ultramarine blue, soft red, or golden yellow. Two men walking away from Jesus have their wrists bound behind their backs. Two men near Jesus lift their arms and look at him, and Jesus looks back over one shoulder. The cross is taller than he is, so the long beam drags behind him. A woman has fainted to the right and is supported by four people. Another bare-breasted woman and three children sit at the bottom center of the composition. Dozens of men walk or urge the crowd along from horseback. Dark trees grow up either side of the painting, and cliff faces and a ruined structure are in the distance between. The low sun shades the clouds along the horizon peach, and the sky deepens to blue above bands of gray clouds.
Anonymous Artist, Road to Calvary, 1615/1620, oil on copper, Gift of Edward T. and Bonnie S. Wilson, 1996.143.1

Road to Calvary

Anonymous Artist · 1615/1620 · oil on copper ·  Accession ID  1996.143.1

This carved ivory statue shows a mostly nude man standing on a square base with his hands bound to one side as he looks over the other shoulder. In this photograph, his wrists are tied together to our right, and he looks off to our left with his face tucked close to that shoulder. He has a curly beard and long wavy hair, which is pushed back over his shoulders. His lips are parted and his brows gathered. Both feet are planted on the base but most of his weight rests on his straight right leg, on our left, and the other knee is bent. This makes his right hip, on our left, jut out as his torso angles to our right. A loincloth drapes around his hips and ties at his right hip, on our left. His torso, arms, and legs are muscled, and veins stand out on his hands and arms. Some cracks are visible along the surface.
François Duquesnoy, Christ Bound, 1620s, ivory, Patrons' Permanent Fund, 2007.67.1

Christ Bound

François Duquesnoy · 1620s · ivory ·  Accession ID  2007.67.1