Left, Christ carrying the Cross, standing on a pile of crosses; right, people with crutches seek his help, within a setting of colonnades. Engraving by G.B. Cavalieri, 1568.

  • Cavalieri, Giovanni Battista, approximately 1525-1601.
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1568
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569749i
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view Left, Christ carrying the Cross, standing on a pile of crosses; right, people with crutches seek his help, within a setting of colonnades. Engraving by G.B. Cavalieri, 1568.

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Left, Christ carrying the Cross, standing on a pile of crosses; right, people with crutches seek his help, within a setting of colonnades. Engraving by G.B. Cavalieri, 1568. Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0). Source: Wellcome Collection.

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Contrasts the fragility of humankind, on the right, with the succour provided by the Cross, on the left. Behind, a temple with three arched windows inscribed Pater, Filius and Spiritus (Father, Son, and Holy Ghost), and with three springs of water labeled Charitas and Spes (Love and Hope; the third, Fides or Faith, is unlettered)

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[Rome?] : Ioannes Baptist[a] de Cavalleriis excudebat, 1568.

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1 print : engraving ; platemark 72 x 39.5 cm

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Triumphum crucis ; milia milium ministraba[n]t ei et decies milies centena milia assisteba[n]t ei. Daniel 7 ; Fragilitas humani generis ; angelis suis mandavit de te ut custodiant te in omnibus viis tuis ; Ioannes Baptist[a] de Cavalleriis excudebat 1568 Lettering continues with Bible quotations in Latin at foot, and religious aphorisms in Latin on the crosses and on the buildings in the background. The cross which Christ is carrying bears the words "Iugu[m] eni[m] meum suaue et onus meum leve. Qui vult venire post me abneget semetipsu[m] et tollet + [i.e. crucem]"

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Wellcome Collection 569749i

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