Carrying the Cross

Artist

Otto Dix (German, 1891 – 1969)

Date

1960

Medium

Lithograph

Dimensions

Sheet : 11 1/2 x 9 in. (29.21 x 22.86 cm)

Credit Line

Hope College Collection

Object Number

2015.58.21

Label

Matthew 27:32-37. As they went out, they came upon a man from Cyrene named Simon; they compelled this man to carry his cross. And when they came to a place called Golgotha (which means Place of a Skull) they offered him wine to drink, mixed with gall; but when he tasted it, he would not drink it. And when they had crucified him, they divided his clothes among themselves by casting lots; then they sat down there and kept watch over him. Over his head they put the charge against him, which read, “This is Jesus, the King of the Jews.”