# Cristo en la cruz by Francisco Goya Canonical article: https://www.artifact-archive.com/archive/cristo-en-la-cruz-87adf3f5 - **Painting:** Cristo en la cruz - **Artist:** Francisco Goya - **Current location:** Museo Nacional del Prado, listed in the supplied credit A Crucifixion attributed to Francisco Goya, considered through what is visible and what the supplied source can, and cannot, establish. ## High-resolution image [Cristo en la cruz by Francisco Goya | High-resolution image](https://www.artifact-archive.com/print-assets/4e95d4ecc28411ff5cc46c47a0a5a5655b855d94be5a225cdf188029f74bb3a4.png) Available image: 1,813 × 3,051 pixels. ## The story A single figure hangs on the cross, arms stretched wide. The face is crowned, the torso catches the light, and above the head a Latin titulus is fixed to the wood. This is the Crucifixion of Jesus, presented without a crowd or a landscape to distract us. Evidence: observation. Source references: source-1. Look closely at how the body is held. The arms are outstretched along the crossbeam, the head crowned, and the chest illuminated while the rest of the body recedes into shadow. The composition gives us Christ on the cross, a Latin titulus, a crowned face, an illuminated torso, and outstretched arms, nothing more, nothing less. Evidence: observation. Source references: source-1. The work is identified as Cristo en la cruz by Francisco Goya, and the subject is the Crucifixion of Jesus. The supplied credit lists the Museo Nacional del Prado, though the source does not include a museum record verifying date, medium, dimensions, or collection. Evidence: documented. Source references: source-1. What changes our understanding is the gap between the painting's clarity and the record's silence. We see a Crucifixion, but the supplied source offers no date, medium, or dimensions, and no museum record to confirm them. The identification itself is title-based, using the filename and source title. That means the painting's visual power is certain, while its documentary history remains open. Evidence: interpretation. Source references: source-1. Return to the illuminated torso and the crowned face. The artwork asks us to look, and the source asks us to be careful about what we claim. What we can say is that this is Cristo en la cruz, attributed to Goya, with the Crucifixion as its subject; what we cannot say is when, how, or on what it was made. The light on the cross remains, and so does the question. Evidence: interpretation. Source references: source-1. ## About the artist ### Francisco de Goya 30 March 1746 to 16 April 1828 Goya was a Spanish painter and printmaker whose career extended from royal tapestry designs and court portraiture to images of war, repression and unsettling fantasy. Born in Fuendetodos, he trained in Zaragoza and Madrid and became First Painter to Charles IV in 1799. He spent his final years in Bordeaux. - **Born:** 30 March 1746 - **Died:** 16 April 1828 - **Nationality:** Spanish - **Birthplace:** Fuendetodos, Spain - **Died in:** Bordeaux, France ![Artist portrait of Francisco de Goya]() Artist portrait. Image credit: Vicente López Portaña. [Image source](). [Licence: Public domain](). - [National Gallery: Francisco de Goya]() - [Museo Nacional del Prado: Francisco de Goya y Lucientes]() ## Research and reference record ## Sources and literature ### [source-1] Wikimedia Commons: Cristo en la cruz (Goya) Wikimedia Commons: Cristo en la cruz (Goya) (n.d.). Wikimedia Commons. Available at: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cristo_en_la_cruz_(Goya).jpg Publisher: Wikimedia Commons. Type: secondary. URL: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Cristo_en_la_cruz_(Goya).jpg Authors / editors: Not recorded. Publication year: Not recorded. ## Editorial note Published automatically by Artifact Archive. 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