Carrying the Cross
Medium
Etching
Dimensions
image: 7 5/8 x 4 13/16 in. (19.4 x 12.3 cm), trimmed to image
Classification
Prints
Department
Drawings and Prints
Museum
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY
Credit
Rogers Fund, 1962
Accession Number
62.602.476
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Art Historical Context
"Carrying the Cross" a striking etching attributed to Claude Gillot and Jacques Gabriel Huquier, two prominent French artists of the early 18th century. Gill, a painter and engraver known for his lively scenes and influence on the Rococo style—he mentored Antoine Watteau—collaborated or inspired works like this with Huquier, a skilled reproductive engraver. Created around this undatable period (n.d.), the print captures a pivotal moment from the Passion of Christ: Jesus burdened by the cross, flanked by Roman soldiers and figures, evoking the raw drama of the Crucifixion narrative. Etching, t...
About the Artist
Claude Gillot|Jacques Gabriel Huquier · 1673–1722
Artist known for his elegant designs done in the Rococo manner of Audran; also for his predilection for scenes from the 'comedia dell'arte.' Few paintings survive; his work is known mainly through drawings and etchings. Comment on works: Genre; History