The Procession to Calvary
Date15th Century
Object PlaceSiena, Italy, Southern Europe, Europe
MediumTempera on wood panel
ClassificationsPaintings
Dimensions25 inches × 19 1/4 inches (63.5 × 48.9 cm)
Credit LineCity of Detroit Purchase
Object number24.94
DescriptionChrist, center, carrying the cross, looks back over His shoulder at Mary who reaches out to Him. Two other figures stand next to her. Mounted Roman soldiers enter the area through an arch, while another soldier ties a rope around Christ's hands on the cross. At the left, a mounted soldier carrying a banner and a hill in the background frame the action of the foreground figures. The soldiers' shields bear the inscription, SPQR.On View
Not on viewLocations
- Storage - Long-term Demo Museum (Hanover Square), East Wing, European Painting Storage, Screen 1, B
ProvenanceFormerly in the collection of:
W. E. Erle Drax, Clantigh Towers, Wye, Kent;
Carl Hamilton, New York
15th Century
1450/1455
15th Century
c. 1500-1525
15th Century
15th Century