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Christ on the Way to Calvary

Jacques Jordaens

c. 1655 - c. 1660

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

h 242.7cm × w 175.5cm

Collection

Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Materials

canvas; oil paint (paint)

Object Type

painting

Subject Matter

Christ meets Veronica, who has a cloth to wipe Christ's face

Acquisition Method

purchase

Acquired

1997

Notes

De kruisdraging. In het midden Christus met het kruis op de schouders. Links Simon van Cyrene, rechts Veronica, Maria en Johannes. Aan weerszijden ...

Collection Type

paintings

About Jacques Jordaens

1593–1678 • Spanish Netherlands

Flemish painter, tapestry designer and draughtsman. He was the first child of Jacob Jordaens (d 5 Aug 1618), a wealthy cloth merchant, and Barbara van Wolschaten (d 11 Feb 1633). In 1607, at the age of 14, he apprenticed himself to the Antwerp painter Adam van Noort, who later became his father-in-law. Comment on works: Landscapes; Mythology; Genre; Religious; Portraits