TIZIANO Vecellio
Italian painter, Venetian school (b. 1490, Pieve di Cadore, d.
1576, Venezia).
ID: 62322 Christ Carrying the Cross 98 x 116 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid In this painting, which is also known as Christ and the Cyrenian, Titian vividly conveys the intense, physical suffering experienced by Christ as he is bowed down by the weight of the cross. The beholder is encouraged to meditate on the physical realism of the scene and empathise with Christ