Christ on the Cross
Artist
Francisco de Zurbarán
(Spanish, 1598 - 1664)
Dateca. 1630
Object number98.2236
Mediumoil on canvas
Dimensions66 1/2 × 43 1/4 in. (168.9 × 109.9 cm)
frame: 74 × 50 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (188 × 128.3 × 8.3 cm)
frame: 74 × 50 1/2 × 3 1/4 in. (188 × 128.3 × 8.3 cm)
ClassificationsPainting
Credit LineMuseo de Arte de Ponce. The Luis A. Ferré Foundation, Inc.
Collections
On View
Not on viewDescriptionSet against a dark and opaque background, Jesus hangs in anguish from the cross in this interpretation of the Crucifixion by Zurbarán. Blood drips from his palms and feet and he looks up to the sky in his moment of despair. Viewers of paintings such as this one were meant to meditate on Christ’s sufferings and connect them to their everyday reality. Thanks to illusionistic details, such as the shadow cast on the nails on Jesus’s feet, Zurbarán’s paintings appear more like sculptures that inhabit our space.
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