The Carrying of the Cross by Giovanni Battista Piranesi

Brown ink and wash sketch of figures carrying a large cross beneath a stone arch, with a small study of a head at upper right

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The Carrying of the Cross, Giovanni Battista Piranesi (1747), Wikimedia Commons. Via artnap.com

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A brown ink and wash drawing shows several figures struggling to carry a large wooden cross beneath a stone arch with a vaulted ceiling. A smaller sketch of a head and a fragmentary inscription appear in the upper right corner of the sheet.

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Date

1747

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