Christ bearing the Cross
Can I see it?
Not on view at present
Where is “Christ bearing the Cross” now? Collection: Victoria and Albert Museum, London. Not on view at present. Checked September 25, 2026.
Victoria and Albert Museum
London, United Kingdom
It belongs to the collection, but is not on display at present.
- Checked
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the sculpture
Here Christ is on his knees beneath the Cross, which is partly supported by two men. He wears a crown of thorns which contains small nails. On the right a hunchbacked figure crouches in a mocking pose, and on the left are two others, on a smaller scale. In the background are the figures of St John and the Virgin before the walls of Jerusalem.
This relief was originally part of a Passion altarpiece. It would have been on the left of the principal scene of the Crucifixion.
Victoria and Albert Museum
Details
- Accession number
- 651-1902
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- Victoria and Albert Museum
- Image: Victoria and Albert Museum — © Victoria and Albert Museum, London
