Christ Carrying the Cross, with the Crucifixion; The Resurrection, with the Pilgrims of Emmaus
The Met
Artist: Gerard David(Netherlandish, Oudewater ca. 1455–1523 Bruges)
Date: ca. 1510
Department: Robert Lehman Collection
Classification: Paintings
Medium: Oil on oak panel
Dimensions: Left wing: 34 1/2 x 11 5/8 in. (87.7 x 29.5 cm), painted surface 34 x 11 in. (86.4 x 27.9 cm); right wing: 34 1/2 x 11 3/4 in. (87.6 x 30 cm), painted surface 34 x 11 1/8 in. (86.4 x 28.2 cm)
Credit Line: Robert Lehman Collection, 1975
Visual Descriptions
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Brief Description
Diptych: a man carrying a cross, and a standing man with a banner and soldiers
Detailed Description
This vertical diptych is divided into two panels. The left panel shows a man carrying a large wooden cross, moving from the lower left towards the upper right. He wears a dark robe and a circlet of thorny branches on his head. The cross rests on his right shoulder, supported by a man in a brown robe to his left and pushed by a helmeted figure behind him. Another figure in green armor pulls the cross with a rope to the man's right. In the lower foreground, a small white and brown dog runs. In the upper background, three figures are on crosses atop a green hill, with smaller figures gathered below them under a pale blue sky. The right panel depicts a standing man in the center. He is mostly nude, draped in a vibrant red cloak that flows around his waist and legs. His right hand is raised, and his left hand holds a tall staff with a white banner featuring a red cross. He stands before a dark cave opening. Two soldiers are visible in the foreground: one in green armor stands to the man's left, holding a spear and looking down, while another in a red tunic and yellow boots slumps to the man's right. A third soldier in dark armor lies on his back in the very bottom foreground, looking up. In the upper background, a multi-towered stone castle sits on a green hill under a pale blue sky, with small figures walking on a path.
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