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Christ on the Cross Adored by Donors  1590

by El Greco

Christ is dying on the Cross, which stands out against a stormy sky. El Greco broke with tradition by placing two of his contemporaries, whose physical features he was fond of depicting, at the foot of the cross instead of the Virgin and Saint John. One of the figures, whose identity remains unknown, commissioned him to paint this devotional picture for a convent in Toledo...
Size: 
248 x 180 cm
Medium: 
Oil on Canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons