# Christ at the Column

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## Artwork

- Artist: [TURCHI, Alessandro](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turchi-alessandro-ra23171973577e6>)
- Date: 1601-1650
- Technique: Oil on slate, arched top, 31 x 21 cm

## Commentary

This scene from the Passion of Christ is an early painting by the artists. It was painted on slate. Turchi’s smooth modeling and careful brushwork lent themselves well to hard supports such as slate and copper.

## Related artworks

- [Bacchus and Ariadne](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turchi-alessandro-ra23171973577e6/bacchus-and-ariadne-r99484d13b415d6>)
- [Bellona with Romulus and Remus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turchi-alessandro-ra23171973577e6/bellona-with-romulus-and-remus-rfe7f2a8e64c4ad>)
- [Christ and the Woman Taken in Adultery](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turchi-alessandro-ra23171973577e6/christ-and-the-woman-taken-in-adultery-r1463cf0967c8c2>)
- [David with the Head of Goliath](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turchi-alessandro-ra23171973577e6/david-with-the-head-of-goliath-r187ac752627599>)
- [Lamentation over the Body of Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turchi-alessandro-ra23171973577e6/lamentation-over-the-body-of-christ-r8c2beb1360e041>)
- [Return of the Prodigal Son](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turchi-alessandro-ra23171973577e6/return-of-the-prodigal-son-r807a4bb6abffc9>)
- [Tancred and Erminia](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turchi-alessandro-ra23171973577e6/tancred-and-erminia-rb63e9e87bd083c>)
- [The Lamentation over the Dead Christ](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turchi-alessandro-ra23171973577e6/the-lamentation-over-the-dead-christ-rd8a1c3568a6c40>)
- [The Raising of Lazarus](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/turchi-alessandro-ra23171973577e6/the-raising-of-lazarus-ra9b93b1b68e951>)

## Attribution

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