Christ Carrying the Cross (Bosch, Vienna)

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Christ Carrying the Cross
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Artist Hieronymus Bosch
Yearc. 1490-1500
MediumOil on panel
Dimensions57 cm× 32 cm(22 in× 13 in)
Location Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna

Christ Carrying the Cross is an oil on panel painting by Hieronymus Bosch, executed most likely c. 1490-1500. It is at the Kunsthistorisches Museum, in Vienna, Austria.

Christ Child with a Walking Frame is painted on the back of this painting.

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