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Raphael’s Way to Calvary of about 1516 (Prado, Madrid), was the starting point for the design, but Polidoro quickly developed his own dramatic and highly idiosyncratic response to the subject. The painting is crowded, claustrophobic and fraught with emotion.
Polidoro has skilfully manipulated the strength of colour to increase the intensity and drama of the story. The National Gallery’s oil sketch is the only version to include the figure of the Virgin Mary collapsing in grief, which is taken up so dramatically in the finished picture.
Title
The Way to Calvary
Date
before 1534
Medium
Oil on walnut
Measurements
H 75.3 x W 59.3 cm
Accession number
NG6594
Acquisition method
Bought with a grant from The Art Fund (with a contribution from the Wolfson Foundation) and donations from the George Beaumont Group, 2003
Work type
Painting
The National Gallery, London
Trafalgar Square, London, Greater London WC2N 5DN England
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