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The Road to Calvary

ca. 1440
On view at The Met Cloisters in Gallery 16
The power of this devotional image of Jesus bearing the Cross and suffering the torments of his persecutors is deepened by the German inscription, which addresses literate viewers directly: "O mankind, behold this figure; what God has done for you should be kept in your thoughts, for thus he gives you his heavenly kingdom."

Artwork Details

Object Information
  • Title: The Road to Calvary
  • Artist: Follower of the Master of the Lorsch Calvary
  • Date: ca. 1440
  • Geography: Made in Middle Rhineland, Germany
  • Culture: German
  • Medium: Alabaster
  • Dimensions: 7 3/8 × 11 7/16 × 13/16 in. (18.8 × 29 × 2 cm)
  • Classification: Sculpture-Stone
  • Credit Line: The Cloisters Collection, 1996
  • Object Number: 1996.581
  • Curatorial Department: Medieval Art and The Cloisters

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