The Carrying of the Cross
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The Carrying of the Cross with St. Veronica
The Carrying of the Cross with St. Veronica
Triptych with original Tree of Jesse case.
Upper corpus: Crucifixion with male donor at bottom left with bishop patron saint, female donor holding rosary at bottom right with St. Barbara.
Inner left wing: Carrying of the Cross; Outer left wing: Jesus at the Mount of Olives; Inner right wing: Descent from the Cross with Resurrection below; Outer right wing: Kiss of Judas.
Interior upper: Crucifixion with Abraham's sacrifice of Isaac in the background; interior lower: Brazen Serpent
Faceted exterior with scenes: two prophets or an apostle and prophet; Jezebel and Elijah; Christ before Pilate; Joab stabs Abner in the back; Betrayal of Judas; Isaac and Abraham; Woman of Sarepheta; Carrying of the Cross
Upper half: Carrying of the Cross with St. Veronica, procession issuing from a gateway with portcullis;
Lower half: Crucifixion with crowd of figures; some details of carving and inscriptions gilt;
outside pierced with pear-shaped openings containing quatrefoils
source: British Museum website
Roundel from a triptych: Carrying of the Cross
prayer bead in the form of a skull - upper: Entry into Jerusalem; lower: Carrying of the Cross
Upper scene: Carrying of the Cross with St. Veronica; lower scene: Lamentation with Mary, Mary Magdalene, John the Evangelist and others