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Station of the Cross No. 9: Jesus Falls the Third Time

Station of the Cross No. 9: Jesus Falls the Third Time by Beulah Bradleigh

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 ...

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