Knight at the Crossroads joseph Pietro da Cortona was an

Pietro da Cortona was an Italian Baroque painter and architect

A meditation on the sorrows of Christ accompanied by his Mother and St

He was the son and pupil of Gregorio Espinal

active near Rome

He became an assistant of El Greco between 1603 and 1607

Knight at the Crossroads joseph Pietro da Cortona was anThe solider sits astride his horse armed for war. He sits unmoving as he reads the words carved in stone before him. If you go straight ahead, there will be no life; there is no way forward for he who travels past, walks past or flies past. This is the moment he decides to abandon his quest or continue on in spite of this dire warning. This russian warrior complete many fantastic feats and later became a holy monk and named a saint. Hero, Warrior,