A bust-length Christ wears the crown of thorns and carries the wooden cross on his shoulder, his gaze turned toward the viewer. The image reproduces the painting attributed to Giorgione, the Venetian Renaissance painter who died in 1510, held at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum in Boston. The museum opened in 1903, and its old-master collection gave American visitors access to Venetian painting of this kind.
Wide white border; monochrome halftone/collotype reproduction of a painting; no printed text on front; light edge toning.
No postmark. Divided-back heliotype card printed by The Heliotype Co., Boston; dealer pencil marks "112" and "2.00" in the top-right corner; light foxing/toning on the cream stock.
Cite this card
Christ Bearing the Cross, Giorgione, Boston, MA, circa 1907, postcard, c. 1907. PostalPast Collection. https://postalpast.com/postcard/christ-bearing-the-cross-giorgione-boston-ma-circa-1907. Accessed November 2, 2026.
