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Christ Crucified (Spanish: Cristo crucificado) is a 1780 oil-on-canvas painting of the crucifixion of Jesus by Spanish Romantic painter Francisco de Goya.He presented it to the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando as his reception piece as an academic painter.
Christ has both arms drawn a subtle curve, instead of forming a triangle. The loincloth is painted rather small, thus showing the nude body as much as possible. [1] The head shows a narrow halo, as if it came from the figure itself; the face is resting on the chest, showing just enough of his features. [1]
He is noted for a letter he wrote in Aramaic to his son, who was named Serapion. [1] [2] The letter was composed sometime after 73 AD but before the 3rd century, and most scholars date it to shortly after 73 AD during the first century. [3] The letter may be an early non-Christian reference to the crucifixion of Jesus. [1] [4]