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The Crucifixion
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The Crucifixion

Medium

Oil on canvas

Dimensions

20 x 13 in. (50.8 x 33 cm)

Collection

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, NY

Credit

Bequest of Harry G. Sperling, 1971

Classification

Paintings

Department

European Paintings

Rights

Public Domain

About Bartolomé Estebán Murillo

1618–1682Spain

Son of Gaspar Esteban, a barber-surgeon, and María Pérez. He was orphaned at the age of ten and brought up by his maternal uncle, who placed him as an apprentice with his relative Juan del Castillo, a painter in the Italian manner. He adopted the surname of his maternal grandmother, Elvira Murillo, and rarely signed or used that of his father. Comment on works: History; Portraits; Religious