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Altarpiece with the Passion of Christ: Way to Calvary   (Wikidata search (Cirrus search) Wikidata query (SPARQL))
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Anonymous (Germany)Unknown author
Title
Altarpiece with the Passion of Christ: Way to Calvary
Object type painting
object_type QS:P31,Q3305213
Description
English: The Passion of Christ was a popular theme for 15th-century altarpieces in northern Europe. It is the story of Christ's suffering-from his arrest to his Crucifixion-although it was often expanded to include earlier and later events, such as the Entombment (see Walters 37.664, 37.667, 37.668, 37.669, 37.670, 37.671, and 37.674). The figures and settings are treated in a life-like fashion to make the events seem real and the message persuasive. The gold-leaf backdrop embossed to look like damask would have suggested to the 15th-century viewer a heavenly light illuminating eternal truths. When the altarpiece was open, four panels would have been visible on each side of a central carved image, very likely a Resurrection, loosely suggested by the wooden Crucifix hung here. Christ is the central figure in each painting. His serenity and restraint contrast with the undignified agitation of his tormentors, expressed in their grimaces and jerky movements. This use of angularity and exaggeration to generate an emotional response in the viewer is characteristic of German art of this period.
Date between circa 1480 and circa 1495
date QS:P571,+1450-00-00T00:00:00Z/7,P1319,+1480-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1326,+1495-00-00T00:00:00Z/9,P1480,Q5727902
(Late Medieval)
Medium oil on panelmedium QS:P186,Q296955;P186,Q106857709,P518,Q861259
Dimensions framed: 119.6 × 8.5 × 328.4 cm (47 × 3.3 × 129.2 in)
institution QS:P195,Q210081
Accession number
37.663
Place of creation Swabia (in present-day Germany)
Object history
Credit line Acquired by Henry Walters, before 1909
Source Walters Art Museum: Home page  Info about artwork
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