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Engraving of Christ carrying a large cross through a dense crowd of soldiers on horses and on foot, with dogs in the foreground.

Christ Carrying the Cross

An engraving shows Christ bearing a large cross through a crowded scene of armored soldiers on horseback and on foot, with dogs running in the foreground. Figures press around him under a cloudy sky, with rocky hills and a distant landscape behind them.

Artist
Martin Schongauer
Date
ca. 1475–80
Medium
Engraving
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
3734 × 2488 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1485).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, The Sylmaris Collection, Gift of George Coe Graves, by exchange, 1935

Español: Cristo con la cruz a cuestas

Un grabado muestra a Cristo cargando una gran cruz entre una multitud de soldados armados, a caballo y a pie, con perros corriendo en primer plano. Las figuras se agolpan a su alrededor bajo un cielo nublado, con colinas rocosas y un paisaje lejano detrás.

Português: Cristo carregando a cruz

Uma gravura mostra Cristo carregando uma grande cruz por entre uma multidão de soldados armados, a cavalo e a pé, com cães correndo em primeiro plano. As figuras se aglomeram ao seu redor sob um céu nublado, com colinas rochosas e uma paisagem distante ao fundo.

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