Christus aan het kruis
El Greco
1600 - 1615
Medium
oil on canvas
Dimensions
33.5; 47
About this artwork
Christus aan het kruis, tegen een landschap met in de verte de gebouwen van Jerusalem. Donkere wolken vullen de hemel.
About the Artist
El Greco · 1540–1614
El Greco, "The Greek," worked in Spain but signed his paintings with his Greek name, Domenikos Theotokopoulos. His work shows the influence of the art of Crete, his birthplace; Crete was a center for the Byzantine artistic tradition, emphasizing abstraction and pattern rather than recording natural appearances. From 1568 to 1577, El Greco lived in Venice and Rome, where Titian's broad brushwork an...