# Christ Bearing the Cross

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## Artwork

- Artist: [FRANGIPANE, Niccolò](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/frangipane-niccol-r1754a7e9f49952>)
- Date: 1551-1600
- Technique: Oil on canvas, 41 x 41 cm

## Commentary

The subject of Christ carrying the cross along the Via Dolorosa to Golgotha is the most frequent in Frangipane&#39;s known works. There are nine surviving versions which display some compositional variations, as in two the figures are represented full-length while in the remaining paintings Christ is depicted half-length accompanied by some figures, such as executioners, Mary Magdalene or St Veronica. This canvas is one of the few signed and dated paintings by Niccolò Frangipane.

## Related artworks

- [Pietà](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/frangipane-niccol-r1754a7e9f49952/piet-r33bf15274d0131>)
- [The Holy Family with the Infant St John](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/frangipane-niccol-r1754a7e9f49952/the-holy-family-with-the-infant-st-john-r4b258811294bc3>)
- [The Holy Family with the Infant St John the Baptist](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/frangipane-niccol-r1754a7e9f49952/the-holy-family-with-the-infant-st-john-the-baptist-r101b7060f16e1a>)

## Attribution

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