Artwork
The Resurrection
The Resurrection is an oil painting by the Mannerist artist El Greco. It dates from 1600 and is held in the collection of the Museo del Prado.
About this work
The altarpiece was created for the chapel of the Colegio de la Encarnación in Madrid between 1596 and 1599.
The Resurrection is an oil painting by El Greco, dated 1598. It was part of the Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece.
The altarpiece was created for the chapel of the Colegio de la Encarnación in Madrid between 1596 and 1599. The work was later dismantled and most of its panels are now in the Prado. Five of the six surviving canvases are in the Prado, while one is in Bucharest.
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Overview
The oil painting titled "The Resurrection," completed by El Greco in 1598, was an integral component of the expansive Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece. This significant commission was produced for the chapel of the Colegio de la Encarnación in Madrid. The work exemplifies El Greco's distinctive artistic vision, characterized by its dramatic composition and spiritual intensity, reflecting his mature period.
History & Provenance
El Greco created the Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece between 1596 and 1599 for its original placement in the chapel of the Colegio de la Encarnación in Madrid. Over time, the altarpiece was dismantled, leading to the dispersal of its constituent panels. While one canvas is no longer extant, five of the six surviving large paintings are now held by the Museo del Prado in Madrid, and the sixth is located in the National Museum of Art of Romania in Bucharest.
Artist & collection
Artist
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.
