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The Way to Calvary: Christ & Veronica

Jacopo Bassano, 1500–1599

In this depiction of the procession to Calvary, Christ falls under the cross and is surrounded by the figures of soldiers and mourners. Two men on horseback approach from the right and Saint Veronica kneels in the right foreground. This painting was part of a collection of 117 works belonging to the industrialist and engineer F.D. Lycett Green and bequeathed to York through the Art Fund, in 1955, in recognition of the remarkable efforts made after the Second World War by its curator to transform it into a gallery of international importance.

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Title of artwork, date

The Way to Calvary: Christ & Veronica, 1500–1599

Date supported

1955

Medium and material

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

147.3 x 137.1 cm

Gifted by

F D Lycett Green

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