Large painting. Oil on canvas, Station of the Cross number II, Jesus accepting the cross, ca. 1890

Description

'Station of the Cross', oil on canvas, unsigned.
Neo-Gothic religious painting from the 19th/early 20th century with beautiful bright colors.

This painting depicts the second station of the Way of the Cross: Jesus accepts the cross and takes it upon his shoulders.
Dressed in a white robe and a red cloak with a crown of thorns/nimbus, surrounded by Roman soldiers and bystanders, with a stone city wall in the background.

This oil on canvas is very beautiful, realistic, and finely painted, unsigned.

Probably from the period 1880 - 1920. Such large-scale Stations of the Cross were frequently produced at that time in specialized workshops in the Netherlands, Belgium, and Germany, among others. This Stations of the Cross comes from an old  stock of a monastery in Ghent.

Very good condition, only some light craquelé and paint loss with retouching in the bottom center and at the right (at the light area near the edge of the painting), see detail photos

Size painting with frame: 113cm H  x  154 cm B x 6cm D

Canvas is  92cm H x 122 cm B