The cross bearing Christ is hoisted up before a multitude of lamenters and soldiers. Engraving by N-H. Tardieu after B. Audran after C. le Brun.

  • Le Brun, Charles, 1619-1690.
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23026i
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In the bottom-left hand corner, soldiers play dice, gambling over Christ's vestments. On the other side sit women and children

Publication/Creation

Paris (au Palais du Luxembourg, ou l'on trouvera la grande qu'il a gravée) : B. Audran

Physical description

1 print : line engraving with etching ; image 35.7 x 28.5 cm

Lettering

Sicut Moïses exaltavit serpentem in deserto, ita exaltari oportet filium hominis ut omnis qui credit in ipsum; non pereat, sed habeat vitam æternam. Joan. cap. 3. v. 14.15 ... Lettering continues: "Comme Moïse éleva le serpent dans le desert, ainsi il faut que le fils de l'homme soit élevé a fin que quiconque croira en lui, ne perisse point, mais qu'il ait la vie eternelle. St. Jean ch. 3. v. 14.15. C. le Brun inv. et pinxit. Ben. Audran delin. Tardieu sculp. Avec privilege du roy"

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Wellcome Collection 23026i

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