Christ Carrying the Cross
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Christ Carrying the Cross by Martin Schongauer (German, c. 1450–1491) (1475–90). Dudley P. Allen Fund Rights: CC0. https://clevelandart.org/art/1941.389

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This complex engraving depicts Christ's walk to Golgotha, the site of his Crucifixion. A crowd, depicted as violent and uncaring, moves across a rocky landscape. At the center of the procession, Christ has fallen under the weight of his huge cross. Martin Schongauer made Christ's gaze the only one directly confronting and involving the viewer in his anguish. Images like this functioned as devotional tools meant to help the faithful to meditate on Christ's suffering during his trial, torture, and execution.

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This engraving depicts the agonizing procession of Jesus Christ carrying his cross towards Calvary.

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