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Christ carrying the Cross, contemplated by Mary and the Christian Soul
Felipe Diriksen
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03-06-2026
Felipe Diriksen

El Escorial, Madrid, 1590, 1679

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Christ carrying the Cross, contemplated by Mary and the Christian Soul

1630 - 1650. Oil on canvas.
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This is the only work in the Prado by Diriksen, a royal archer and a painter with a small oeuvre. His style, based on soft, fluid brushstrokes and contrasting illumination, suggests Eugenio Cajés. For this composition he made use of Titian’s Christ on the Route to Calvary (P00439), adding the figures of Mary and a young woman (the Christian soul), the latter probably a portrait of his daughter.

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1630 1650 Canvas Oil Painting

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Inventory number
P008236
Author
Felipe Diriksen
Title
Christ carrying the Cross, contemplated by Mary and the Christian Soul
Date
1630 - 1650
Technique
Oil
Support
Canvas
Dimension
Height: 124 cm; Width: 185 cm
Provenance
Acquired by the Ministry of Culture, assigned to the Museo del Prado, 2016
Entry date
2016

Bibliography +

Agulló y Cobo, Mercedes, Noticias sobre pintores madrileños de los siglos XVI y XVII, Universidad de Granada Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, 1978, pp. 60.

Palencia Cerezo, José María, Espíritu Barroco. Colección Granados, Caja de Burgos, Burgos, 2008, pp. 91-93.

Gutiérrez Pastor, Ismael, Felipe Diriksen. Cristo con la Cruz a cuestas. En:, A Su imagen: arte, cultura y religión, A Su Imagen,, Madrid, 2014, pp. 220 n.61.

Ruiz Gómez, Leticia, "Cristo con la cruz a cuestas contemplado por María y el alma cristiana" en Memoria de actividades 2016, Ministerio de Educación, Cultura y Deporte, Madrid, 2017, pp. 78-80.

Gayo, Mª Dolores; Jover de Celis, Maite, La preparación de los lienzos en la corte de Madrid: de Felipe IV a Felipe V, Boletín del Museo del Prado, XXXVIII, 2022, pp. 113-132 [126].

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Inv. Nuevas Adquisiciones (iniciado en 1856). Núm. 2921.

Update date: 03-06-2026 | Registry created on 10-11-2016

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