# Christ Carrying the Cross

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## Artwork

- Artist: [SEBASTIANO DEL PIOMBO](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963>)
- Date: 1501-1550
- Technique: Oil on slate, 157 x 118 cm

## Commentary

The painting was executed for Giovanni Grimani, Patriarch of Aqquileia from 1546 to 1593. There are two other version of the same subject by Sebastiano, one in Rome \(Castel Sant&#39;Angelo\) and Berlin \(Staatliche Museen\).

## Related artworks

- [A Young Roman Woman](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/a-young-roman-woman-rbdf941de815dff>)
- [Birth of the Virgin](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/birth-of-the-virgin-rd688a9d5528fd3>)
- [Christ Descends into Limbo](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/christ-descends-into-limbo-r67abfcf107b5a0>)
- [Death of Adonis](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/death-of-adonis-rd06fa218239d62>)
- [Flagellation of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/flagellation-of-christ-r5fa3fe5e51796c>)
- [Holy Family with a Donor and the Infant St John \(recto\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/holy-family-with-a-donor-and-the-infant-st-john-recto-rb128e57b36a76c>)
- [Lamentation of Christ \(detail\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/lamentation-of-christ-detail-r8ef661d95e69ab>)
- [Lamentation of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/lamentation-of-christ-r7637c9f1e09edf>)
- [Martyrdom of St Agatha](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/martyrdom-of-st-agatha-rc4152ba4481fd7>)
- [Pietà](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/piet-rf59cc20b6dcea6>)
- [Polyphemus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/polyphemus-r34697eb7cdbb1e>)
- [Pope Clement VII](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/sebastiano-del-piombo-r5558a036168963/pope-clement-vii-rc51671babb7034>)

## Attribution

[Web Gallery of Art](<https://beta.wga.hu/pages/about>)