# The Crucifixion, in The Spanish Golden Age

Francisco de Zurbarán painted this in 1627, aged 29. It is now at the Art Institute of Chicago.

Our note:

> Christ hangs on a rough wooden cross against a deep black background, his body brilliantly lit and modelled so firmly that it seems carved rather than painted, the white loincloth falling in crisp, sculptural folds.

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## The work

- Date: 1627
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 290.3 × 165.5 cm (114 5/16 × 65 3/16 in.); Framed: 339.1 × 212.1 × 14 cm (133 3/8 × 83 1/2 × 5 1/2 in.)
- Type: Painting
- Courtesy of the Art Institute of Chicago, 1954.15
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[Francisco de Zurbarán](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/francisco-de-zurbaran), Spanish, 1598–1664

Zurbarán worked chiefly in Seville, where religious orders commissioned him to paint cycles for their monasteries. His saints and monks, set against dark grounds and modelled with strong, sculptural light, combine austerity with close attention to the textures of cloth and wood.

4 works in the collection.

## Walk on

- [More by Francisco de Zurbarán](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/artist/francisco-de-zurbaran?hang=749) (4 works)
- [More paintings of the 17th century](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/style/painting-17?hang=749) (168 works)
- [17th-century Spain](https://www.ochreeditions.com/galleries/era/17-spain?hang=749) (15 works)

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