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Christ Carrying His Cross as Model for Painters

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Description: Christ Carrying His Cross as Model for Painters
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Description: The Sacred Image in the Age of Art: Titian, Tintoretto, Barocci, El Greco,...
When Pope Gregory XIII decided to remodel the Sala di Costantino in 1585 by raising the ceiling and installing larger windows, the new vault required frescoes. Gregory died soon after the project was initiated, and it was continued by Sixtus V, whose emblem is painted in the frieze. At the...
PublisherYale University Press
Related print edition pages: pp.117-141
https://doi.org/10.37862/aaeportal.00155.008

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