Station of the Cross No. 9: Jesus Falls the Third Time
c. 1936
Medium
watercolor, gouache, colored pencil, and graphite on paper
Dimensions
overall: 40.4 x 50.4 cm (15 7/8 x 19 13/16 in.) Original IAD Object: Approximately 30 x 50 in.
Classification
Index of American Design
Department
CG-W
Museum
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
Credit
Index of American Design
Accession Number
1943.8.6749
Art Historical Context
**Station of the Cross No. 9: Jesus Falls the Time** *Beulah Bradleigh, c. 1936* Watercolor, gouache, pencil, and graphite on paper, 40.4 × 50.4 cm (15⅞ × 19⅞ in.) *Index of American Design, National Gallery of Art* This depiction captures the ninth Station of the Cross, a key moment in Christian tradition where Jesus falls for the third time under the of the cross on his way to Calvary. Created by Beulah Bradleigh around 1936, it is a meticulous rendering from the Index of American Design (IAD), a WPA-era project (1935–1942) that employed artists to document America's folk, craft, and ...