The Procession to Calvary

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The Procession to Calvary is a 1564 painting by Flemish Renaissance artist Pieter Bruegel the Elder that depicts Christ’s journey to crucifixion within a vast, bustling contemporary landscape filled with detailed scenes of everyday life.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf oil painting
painting
artForm panel painting
artHistoricalPeriod 16th century
artworkSurface wooden panel
collection Kunsthistorisches Museum NERFINISHED
compositionFeature small, almost hidden figure of Christ
countryOfOrigin Habsburg Netherlands NERFINISHED
creator Pieter Bruegel the Elder NERFINISHED
dateOfCreation 1564
depictionStyle crowded panoramic scene
depicts Christ carrying the cross
Mary and followers of Christ
Passion of Christ NERFINISHED
contemporary 16th-century Flemish landscape
crowd of figures
crucifixion narrative
everyday life scenes
procession to Calvary NERFINISHED
soldiers
describedAs vast, bustling landscape composition
genre religious painting
hasPart execution hill
townscape
various vignettes of daily life
windmill on a rocky outcrop
inception 1564
influencedBy biblical accounts of the Passion
languageOfTitle English
locatedIn Austria
Vienna
location Kunsthistorisches Museum NERFINISHED
mainSubject Calvary NERFINISHED
Jesus Christ NERFINISHED
materialUsed oil paint
movement Flemish Renaissance
Northern Renaissance NERFINISHED
notableWorkOf Pieter Bruegel the Elder NERFINISHED
originalTitle De Kruisdraging NERFINISHED
originalTitleLanguage Dutch
partOf collection of Flemish Old Masters at Kunsthistorisches Museum
significantEvent one of Bruegel's largest surviving paintings
support panel
theme contrast between sacred event and everyday life
religious narrative in contemporary setting

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Pieter Bruegel the Elder notableWork The Procession to Calvary