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Christ Falling on the Way to Calvary
, also known as
Lo Spasimo
or
Il Spasimo di Sicilia
, is an oil painting by the Italian
High Renaissance
painter
Raphael
, originally
painted on panel
around 1514 to 1516 but later
transferred to canvas
in the 19th century. It depicts
Christ carrying the cross
to
his crucifixion
, specifically the moment when he falls and his mother
Mary
suffers a spasm of agony, known as the
Swoon of the Virgin
. The painting's emotion is densely crammed into the foreground, and the background is similar to that of a stage set with distant groups of people and crosses. The work was commissioned by the Sicilian monastery of
Santa Maria dello Spasimo
in
Palermo
and now hangs in the
Museo del Prado
in Madrid.
Painting credit:
Raphael
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