Masters/Mihály Munkácsy/Golgotha
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A dark storm sweeps over the hill. The cross stands at the right, and the whole width of the canvas is filled with the people who came: soldiers, riders, scoffers, and at the foot of the cross, the women who loved Him. Some are already turning to leave.
John Wanamaker bought this painting and showed it in his Philadelphia store every Easter.
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Other masters in room 62, It Is Finished:
Carl Bloch
Christ on the Cross, 1865–1879
Oil on copper
Museum of National History, Frederiksborg Castle
One of the 23 King's Oratory paintings
Carl Bloch
Christ on the Cross, 1884
Etching and drypoint, 36 × 28.7 cm
SMK, the National Gallery of Denmark (KKS754)
James Tissot
What Our Lord Saw from the Cross, 1886–1894
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.299)
James Tissot
It Is Finished, 1886–1894
Opaque watercolor over graphite on gray wove paper
Brooklyn Museum, purchased by public subscription (00.159.304)
Déri Museum, Debrecen, Hungary.
Google MapsGoogle EarthImage: Wikimedia Commons. The work itself is in the public domain.
