# Christ on the Road to Calvary [View the canonical artwork record]() ## Artwork - Artist: [CLEVE, Marten van I]() - Date: 1551-1600 - Technique: Oil on panel, 85 x 127 cm ## Commentary The composition of this work appears to be unique and to have originated with van Cleve. The panel is one of artist's most important works. Many motifs - the dog in the foreground, the piebald horse, the hen in the basket, the young boy with the eggs – can be found in other works by the artist. Here the artist depicts a chaotic scene with figures crowded into the foreground against a bleak landscape leading up to Golgotha. Amidst the profusion of figures, it is almost difficult to pick out Christ carrying the Cross at middle left and the figure of a woman, presumably Veronica, holding out her veil. ## Related artworks - [A Wedding Dance \(detail\)]() - [A Wedding Dance \(detail\)]() - [A Wedding Dance]() - [Outdoor Wedding Dance]() - [The Good Shepherd]() ## Attribution [Web Gallery of Art]()