Artwork

Christ with the Cross

Christ with the Cross, by El Greco, oil, 1610
Christ with the Cross, by El Greco, oil, 1610

Christ with the Cross is an oil painting by the Mannerist artist El Greco. It dates from 1610 and is held in the collection of the Brooklyn Museum.

Artist & collection

Portrait of El Greco

Artist

El Greco

Doménikos Theotokópoulos was born in 1541 in Candia (modern Heraklion), the capital of Venetian-ruled Crete, where he was trained in the post-Byzantine tradition of icon painting.

Brooklyn Museum

Museum

Brooklyn Museum

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