Bearing of the Cross

Title

Bearing of the Cross

Draughtsman

• Edme Bouchardon
• Edme Bouchardon succession ? alternatively

Period Produced

• 18th century

School

• Late Baroque
• Early Classicism

Object Type

• drawing

Material

• chalk
• handmade paper

Technique

• chalk drawing

Geographic Reference

• French

Production Reason

• figure study
• movement study
• composition study

Label at the Time of Manufacture

Signiert unten rechts (mit schwarzer Kreide): E. Bouchardon

Captions Added Later

Verso bezeichnet unten mittig: N: / Franz[?] Maler
Verso mittig Marke des Kunsthändlers Guillaume-Jean Constantin, Paris (Lugt 3000); Stempel des Städelschen Kunstinstituts, Frankfurt am Main (Lugt 2356), mit zugehöriger Inventarnummer

Watermark

• Nicht geprüft

Institution

• Städel Museum

Departement

• Department of Prints and Drawings

Collection

• Städelsches Kunstinstitut

Creditline

Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main

Picture Copyright

Public Domain

Genre

• historical narration
• Biblical portrayal

Persons Shown

• Jesus Christ

Illustrated Passage

• Bibel, Neues Testament

Primary

• 73D41 carrying of the cross: Christ bearing the cross, alone or with the help of others (e.g. Simon the Cyrenian)

Secondary

• 73D414 Christ bewailed by women of Jerusalem; sometimes he consoles them
• 44G3731 flogging, scourging (in public)
• 45B the soldier; the soldier's life