Raphael - Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary Art Print
An archival premium Quality Art Print of Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary by Raphael for sale by Brandywine General Store. The Religious artwork shows Christ Carrying the Cross to his Crucifixion. This Masterpiece by the artist has a great deal of history behind it, including being in a shipwreck and this is the only object that survived. Below you can read about this miraculous work of art. The artwork shows the common subject of Christ carrying the Cross to his Crucifixion, at the moment when he fell and his mother suffers a spasm of agony, the Swoon of the Virgin, or "Lo Spasimo"] All the emotion of the painting is densely crammed into the foreground and the background is similar to that of a stage set with distant groups of people and crosses. The man on the left in the foreground is similar to a figure in Raphael’s painting “The Judgement of Solomon” in the Raphael Rooms in the Vatican Palace, except reversed. Simon of Cyrene lifts Christ’s cross momentarily and looks sternly at the guards. The four Marys are depicted on the right side of the painting and towering on either side of the composition are the guards. The concept of, and devotion to, the "spasm" of the Virgin was fashionable, if somewhat controversial, in early 16th century Catholicism, although in this work the Virgin has only fallen to her knees, not collapsed or fainted, as is often shown. Religious art print #74
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