Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682)
Cristo cargando la cruz (Christ Bearing the Cross)
c.1665–1675
Oil on canvas, 154.3 × 210.8 cm
Philadelphia Art Museum, Philadelphia
Murillo has transformed what is typically depicted as a crowded scene into a private encounter between the Virgin and her son, thereby heightening the scene’s emotional content and its impact on the viewer. (PhAM)