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Scenes from the Passion of Christ

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The painting is relatively small, 56.7 × 92.2 cm, and is unlikely to have been an altarpiece. It may have been intended for Portinari's chapel in the church of St Jacob in Bruges. It was not catalogued in Portinari's belongings when he died in 1501, and is thought to have been moved from
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visible behind the city. Unusually, for paintings of this period, the lighting across the painting is internal, associated with the rising sun on the far right, and consistent across the painting, with areas to the rear right in the light and areas to the front left in shadow.
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below and proceeding to the right, a procession leaves from the city gate; on the road outside, Christ falls to his knees, and is assisted by Simon of Cyrene (traditional Stations of the Cross nos 3 and 5)
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The scenes of the Passion start in the distance at the top left with Jesus's entry into Jerusalem on
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to the right, Christ is removed from the cross at night (traditional Station of the Cross no.13)
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combined in one narrative composition without a central dominating scene: 19 episodes from the
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right from the crowning with thorns: Christ is shown to the people, who condemn him to death
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below the descent from the cross, to the right (traditional Station of the Cross no.14)
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Bruges to Florence between 1510 and 1520. It is first recorded in the collection of
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left of centre; Pilate seated on his throne (traditional Station of the Cross no.1)
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above and right from the arrest: Peter shown in a doorway, with cock crowing above
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right of the flagellation, Jesus receives a crown with thorns and a purple robe
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down and to the left from the temple scene, in a narrow candle-lit archway
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right of centre, skipping across two scenes in a narrow building set back
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below the Last Supper; three apostles lie sleeping while Jesus prays
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Northern Renaissance art, Susie Nash, Oxford University Press, 2008
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Jesus: A Life in Pictures, Neil Morris, Salariya Publishers, 2004
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to the left of the betrayal, in a building with a pitched roof
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An unknown artist showed a number of small scenes in a similar
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top, right of centre (traditional Station of the Cross no.11)
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kneeling and praying in the lower left corner, with his wife,
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to the right of the entry of Jesus, under a double arch
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on a panel of Baltic oak, painted c.1470 by German-born
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to the right of the procession, Christ with a crucifix
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The scenes are distributed in and around an idealized
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Memling used a similar narrative style for his later
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Christ Surrounded by Singing and Music-making Angels
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Madonna and Child with Saint James and Saint Dominic
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Appearance before the apostles at the Sea of Galilee
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Hans Memling

Entry into Jerusalem
Golden Gate
Ascension of Jesus
oil painting
Early Netherlandish painter
Hans Memling
Life of Christ
Passion of Christ
Resurrection
appearances of the risen Christ
Mary Magdalene
road to Emmaus
Sea of Galilee
Tommaso Portinari
Bruges
donor portrait
Maria Baroncelli
Cosimo I
Florence
Galleria Sabauda
Turin
Palm Sunday
Garden of Gethsemane
judgment of Pilate
Flagellation of Jesus
Crowning with Thorns
Ecce Homo

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