The Passion of Jesus, 1365-1368 (fresco)

The Passion of Jesus (La passione di Gesù), by Andrea di Bonaiuto, 1365-1368, 14th Century, fresco Detail. The lower part of the image is occupied by a long procession of people, men and women, who leave the doors of Jerusalem to accompany Christ to Calvary; Jesus, bearing on His shoulder the cross, wears a reddish tunic and turns His head to see the crying female figures who follow Him; the procession is guarded by horsemen armed with spears; the inhabitants of the city appear at the windows in order to witness the scene Andrea di Bonaiuto Church of Santa Maria Novella