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El Greco: The Crucifixion

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Alternative names	Birth name: Domenikos Theotokópoulos Ελληνικά: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος
Description	Italian- painter, sculptor, architect and architectural draftsperson
Date of birth/death	1 October 1541	7 April 1614
Location of birth/death	Heraklion	Toledo
Work location	Toledo, Crete, Venice, Rome
Authority file	: Q301 VIAF: 100215785 ISNI: 000000012283440X ULAN: 500010916 LCCN: n81070611 NLA: 36566544 WorldCat

Title

Spanish:

La crucifixión

The Crucifixion

Part of

Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece

Object type

painting

Genre

religious art

Description

Español: La obra representa a Jesucristo crucificado, hallándose a sus pies su madre, la Virgen María, San Juan Evangelista y María Magdalena, entre otros personajes.

Depicted people

Jesus

Date

between 1597 and 1600

Medium

oil on canvas

Dimensions

height: 312 cm (10.2 ft); width: 169 cm (66.5 in)

Collection

Museo del Prado (Inventory)

	Native name	Museo Nacional del Prado
	Location	Madrid, (Spain)
	Coordinates	40° 24′ 50″ N, 3° 41′ 32″ W
	Established	1819
	Website	museodelprado.es
	Authority file	: Q160112 VIAF: 147181932 ISNI: 0000000122942419 ULAN: 500270885 LCCN: n79064568 NLA: 36514982 WorldCat

Current location

Sala 009B

Accession number

P00823

Place of creation

Spain

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GRECO, El

(b. 1541, Candia, d. 1614, Toledo)

The Crucifixion 1596-1600 Oil on canvas, 312 x 169 cm Museo del Prado, Madrid

Christ on the Cross, at the moment of expiration, with the Virgin and Saint John, and at the foot of the Cross, the Magdalene. Probably originally above the Annunciation, in the retable of the Colegio of Doña María. This painting and the Annunciation are the two widest of the series.

Already, in Santo Domingo el Antiguo, the artist had sensibly related together in composition the two central paintings of the high altar, the Assumption and Trinity. Again, there is this compositional relationship of the two paintings, but there is also something more in this bringing together of the two so diverse yet intimately related themes of the Virgin's reception of the Holy Ghost, and Christ's giving up of the Holy Ghost. One subject represents one of the Joys of the Virgin, and the other incorporates one of Her Griefs. Each painting is divided horizontally in three. The figure of Christ of the Expiration is a continuation upwards of the central zone of the Annunciation with the Flames and the Dove; the figure of the Archangel Gabriel has its counterpart in the figure of Saint John; and the Virgin of Joy appears above as the Virgin of Grief.

This painting of the Crucifixion is one of the great interpretations of the subject in painting and almost inevitably brings to mind two other great Crucifixions, Grünewald's of the Isenheim Altar and Giotto's of the Arena Chapel. El Greco has introduced more of those symbols embodying spiritual emotions: the clamouring angels with outstretched arms encircling the Body of Christ - strangely recalling Giotto's painting - and the remarkable figure of the angel at the foot of the Cross. <P> <TABLE ALIGN=LEFT CELLPADDING=5 BORDER=1 WIDTH=320 BGCOLOR="#99CCCC"> <TR VALIGN=MIDDLE><TD><IMG SRC="/support/gif/listen.gif" BORDER=0 VALIGN=MIDDLE> Suggested listening (streaming mp3, 22 minutes):<BR><A HREF="#" onClick="w=window.open ('/music1/17_cent/schutz_7worte.html', 'newWin', 'scrollbars=yes,status=no,dependent=yes,screenX=0,screenY=0,width=350,height=350');w.opener=this;w.focus();return true"><B>Heinrich Schütz: Die sieben Worte am Kreuz SWV 478</B></A> </TD></TR></TABLE>

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Author: GRECO, El Title: The Crucifixion Time-line: 1551-1600 School: Spanish Form: painting

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