Hand-painted in oil
About this Artwork
The cross at private scale
The Crucifixion is the fixed centre of the cycle, given in all four gospels and never moved in a narrative sequence. It is also the episode most often reduced: from the full Calvary with thieves, soldiers and mourners down to a single figure on a single cross, which is what a bare title of this kind usually indicates.
What the size implies
The record gives 57 by 33 centimetres. That is a narrow upright at a fraction of life size, and it separates this entry sharply from the altar-scale crucifixions elsewhere in this catalogue, some of which exceed four metres. Twenty-four titles here name the crucifixion or put Christ on the cross, and their recorded dimensions span that entire range — the same episode serving a chapel wall and a private room.
The record
The catalogue names El Greco, dates the work to 1587, and gives the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam, one of three entries here in that collection. The style is entered as Mannerism and late Renaissance and the artist as Spanish. The subject fields on this entry include an abstract-art classification alongside the religious ones — a modern label applied by the cataloguing scheme, carried by fourteen entries here, and not a period description. The measured palette is recorded as neutral.
Sources
6 references- Greco, Nicolás — Getty ULAN
Spanish artist, active late 16th - early 17th century
- El Greco — Wikipedia
Doménikos Theotokópoulos (Greek: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος, pronounced [ðoˈminikos θeotoˈkopulos]; 1 October 1541 – 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco (Spanish pronunciation: [el ˈɣɾeko]; "The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor
- Greco, El — Getty ULAN
Greek painter, 1541-1614, active in Spain
- The Disrobing of Christ — Wikidata
description: one of the four preparatory paintings from The Disrobing of Christ. Exposed at Upton House, Warwickshire; inception: 1577-01-01; dimensions: 55.7 × 34.7 cm; collection: National Trust
- Christ Carrying the Cross (El Greco, New York) — Wikipedia
Christ Carrying the Cross is an oil painting by El Greco, produced early in his Toledo period circa de 1580. The picture depicts Christ in a moment of personal reflection as he carries the cross to his death, therefore committing the ultima
- El Greco (Domenico Theotocopuli) - Christ on the Cross - Google Art Project — Wikimedia Commons
High-resolution image of the work, hosted on Wikimedia Commons.
