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Painting of a pale, nude Christ on a tall cross against a dark stormy sky, with a distant hilltop town below.

Christus aan het kruis

Christ hangs alone on a tall wooden cross against a dark, stormy sky, his pale body lit from the front and a titulus board above his head. Below, a distant town sits on a hill beside a winding road, with a small group of figures at the lower right on the rocky ground.

Artist
atelier van El Greco
Date
1600-1615
Medium
Source
Rijksmuseum
Size
2406 × 3462 px
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Public domain · Rijksmuseum marks it Public Domain Mark; made by 1615.
Rights checked 2026-11-05 · tier A · as stated by the source: Public Domain Mark (Rijksmuseum, image license https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/mark/1.0/)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam

Español: Cristo en la cruz

Cristo cuelga solo de una cruz de madera alta contra un cielo oscuro y tormentoso, con su cuerpo pálido iluminado de frente y una tablilla sobre su cabeza. Abajo, un pueblo lejano se asienta en una colina junto a un camino sinuoso, y a la derecha se ven pequeñas figuras en el terreno rocoso.

Português: Cristo na cruz

Cristo está sozinho em uma alta cruz de madeira diante de um céu escuro e tempestuoso, com o corpo pálido iluminado de frente e uma tábua com inscrição acima da cabeça. Abaixo, uma cidade distante ergue-se em uma colina ao lado de uma estrada sinuosa, e pequenas figuras aparecem no chão rochoso à direita.

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