Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist
Artist
El Greco
and Workshop (Greek, 1541 - 1614)
Dateca. 1600-10
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsImage: 42 3/8 x 27 3/4 in. (107.6 x 70.5 cm)
Frame: 51 x 37 1/4 in. (129 x 94.6 cm)
Frame: 51 x 37 1/4 in. (129 x 94.6 cm)
ClassificationsPaintings
Credit LineBequest of John Ringling, 1936
Object numberSN333
This may be one of the small copies El Greco made after his major works so that his son, Jorge Manuel, would have a stock of images from which to cull after his death. It is a reduced version of a composition first executed by El Greco around 1580. The artist's bold disregard for natural forms and colors heightens the sense of the mystical, and is reflective of the religious fervor of 17th-century Spain.
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