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Christ Crucified
is a 1780 oil-on-canvas painting of the
crucifixion of Jesus
. The Spanish
Romantic
artist
Francisco Goya
presented it to the
Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando
as his
reception piece
to meet the requirements for admission. The painting is
neoclassical
in style and is similar to the treatment of the same topic by
Velázquez
and
Anton Raphael Mengs
. Goya conforms to the Spanish Baroque iconographic rules for portraying the Crucifixion as laid down by
Francisco Pacheco
– a black background, four rather than three nails, supported feet, and a trilingual inscription in Hebrew, Greek and Latin affixed to the top of the cross reading '
King of the Jews
'. The work now forms part of the permanent collection of the
Museo del Prado
in Madrid.
Painting credit:
Francisco Goya
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