Art, literature & history
The Carrying of the Cross
1747
- Dating
- Exact year
- Held at
- National Gallery of Art
- Medium
- pen and gray-brown ink with gray-brown wash over black chalk on laid paper; laid down
- Dimensions
- Overall: 18.3 x 13.6 cm (7 3/16 x 5 3/8 in.) support: 23.1 x 17.4 cm (9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.)
- Collection no.
- 1989.66.1
- Attribution
- By the artist
- Image rights
- NGA Open Access — public domainLicense details
Giovanni Battista Piranesi. The Carrying of the Cross. National Gallery of Art. NGA Open Access — public domain. Compressed full-frame reproduction.
Collection: National Gallery of Art
About this artwork
The Carrying of the Cross — Giovanni Battista Piranesi. 1747.
Medium: pen and gray-brown ink with gray-brown wash over black chalk on laid paper; laid down.
Dimensions (museum labels retained): Overall: 18.3 x 13.6 cm (7 3/16 x 5 3/8 in.) support: 23.1 x 17.4 cm (9 1/8 x 6 7/8 in.).
Collection: National Gallery of Art, Washington. Accession 1989.66.1. Gift of Mrs. Rudolf J. Heinemann and an Anonymous Donor.
Museum holding does not establish current display.
Source: National Gallery of Art, CC0 collection metadata, retrieved 9 September 2026.
Location checked Sep 9, 2026. This does not indicate whether the work is on display.