The Crucifixion
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In 1626 the Dominican monastery of San Pablo el Real in Seville, Spain, commissioned the young Francisco de Zurbarán to execute a cycle of paintings including The Crucifixion. This work was installed in a dimly lit space in the monastery and was visible to visitors through a grill. Early commentators remarked on its powerful illusion of three-dimensionality, as though it was a sculpture rather than a painting. The dramatically illuminated figure of Christ, set against a dark, empty background, appears outside of time and place, both idealized in its quiet beauty and humanized by the individualized face and insistent realism.
The museum’s own description, in English. Licence: CC BY 4.0
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Details
- Maker
- Francisco de Zurbarán (Spanish, 1598–1664)
- Date
- 1627
- Medium
- Oil on canvas
- Dimensions
- 290.3 × 165.5 cm (114 5/16 × 65 3/16 in.); Framed: 339.1 × 212.1 × 14 cm (133 3/8 × 83 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
- Place of origin
- Spain
- Held by
- Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago · Not on view
- Credit line
- Robert A. Waller Memorial Fund
Image: Art Institute of Chicago, CC0
