El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo en la cruz (Christ on the Cross) c.1600–1610 Oil on canvas, 193 x 116 cm Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland El Greco (Spanish for “the Greek”) was trained on his native island, Crete, as a painter of…
Caravaggio (1571-1610) Medusa c.1597–1599 Oil on canvas mounted on wood, diam. 58 cm Galleria degli Uffizi, Firenze
Murillo, Bartolomé Esteban (1617-1682) Cristo en la cruz (Christ on the Cross) 1660–1670 Oil on canvas, 208.9 x 113 cm Timken Museum of Art, San Diego
Zurbarán, Francisco de (1598-1664) La crucifixión (The Crucifixion) 1627 Oil on canvas, 290.3 × 165.5 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago Beginning in the mid-sixteenth century, the Roman Catholic Church clarified and reaffirmed its doctrine and practices in an effort to…
El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo abrazando la cruz (Christ with the Cross) c.1587–1596 Oil on canvas, 66 x 52.5 cm Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid Christ holding the cross was a motif that El Greco derived from the narrative of Christ’s Passion, creating an…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Jésus insulté par les soldats (Jesus Mocked by the Soldiers) 1865 Oil on canvas, 190.8 × 148.3 cm Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago For this monumental painting, Édouard Manet depicted Jesus Christ at the end of his life,…
Tintoretto, Jacopo (1518-1594) Pietà 1563 Oil on canvas, 108 x 170 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
Bellini, Giovanni (c.1430-1516) Pietà 1465–1470 Tempera on panel, 86 x 107 cm Pinacoteca di Brera, Milano
El Greco (1541-1614) Cristo abrazado a la cruz (Christ Carrying the Cross) c.1577–1587 Oil on canvas, 105 x 79 cm Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York During his long career in Spain, El Greco produced numerous paintings of Christ carrying…
Manet, Édouard (1832-1883) Le torero mort (The Dead Toreador) probably 1864 Oil on canvas, 75.9 x 153.3 cm National Gallery of Art, Washington From a low perspective, we look at a man wearing black and white, lying on the ground…