Why it matters
Christ carrying the cross is almost lost among a huge crowd in a vast landscape. It is Bruegel's second-largest known painting.
Did you know?
- It was painted in 1564.
- It belonged to the Antwerp collector Nicolaes Jonghelinck.
- Napoleon took it to Paris from 1809 to 1815.
Based on the Wikipedia article The Procession to Calvary (Bruegel) (CC BY-SA 4.0).