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Pieter Bruegel the Elder: The Procession to Calvary

Pieter Bruegel the Elder ca. 1520 – 1569

The Procession to Calvary

oil on canvas (124 × 170 cm) — 1564 Museum Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna Twitter Share on Twitter

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This work is linked to Mark 15:22

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The procession to Calvary comes to a dead halt when Jesus collapses under the weight of the Cross (see detail). To the right in the foreground a small mournful crowd has gathered around Mary and John the Evangelist.

The composition consisting of several small groups vaguely calls to mind the work of Jan van Eyck. The landscape (with windmill) is more Flemish than Palestinian.

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