Identification title(s): christ falls during the carrying of the cross. Object type: picture book illustration album page object number: rp-p-2015-17-17-2. Catalog reference: hollstein dutch 315-copy b, note: wierix (book illustrations). Description: despite the help of simon of cyrene, christ falls while carrying his cross to golgotha. A roman soldier urges him to get up. Veronica offers to wipe the sweat from his face with a cloth. There are letters next to various elements of the performance. The print is part of an album. Manufacture. Manufacturer: printmaker: christoffel van sichem (ii) (mentioned on object), after a print by: hieronymus wierix, after a design by: bernardino passeri, publisher: pieter jacobsz. Paets. Place of manufacture: print maker: amsterdam, after print by: antwerp, publisher: amsterdam. Date: 1629. Physical features: woodcut pasted on album page; verso with letterpress text. Material: paper technique: woodcut / letterpress / pasting. Dimensions: image: h 110 mm × w 75 mm explanation the print comes from one of the publications of p. J. Paets from amsterdam. The print is first used in: der zielen lust-hof. Leuven, i. Jacbosz for p. J. Paets [= amsterdam, p. J. Paets], 1629. The scene is copied from a print by hieronymus wierix for: nadal, jerónimo. Evangelicae historiae imagines. Antwerp, m. Nutius, 1593. Subject: what: christ collapsing ~ carrying of the cross. Christ meets veronica, who has a cloth to wipe christ's face. Acquisition: unknown 1936. Date: 1629.
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