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Painting of bearded Christ with a crown of thorns, teal cloak and red robe, gazing upward while holding a large wooden cross against a dark cloudy sky.

Christ Carrying the Cross

Christ, crowned with thorns and wearing a teal mantle over a red garment, gazes upward while embracing a large wooden cross set against dark, stormy clouds. Oil on canvas, with dramatic lighting on his face and hands and a dim, muted background.

Artist
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos)
Date
ca. 1577–87
Medium
Oil on canvas
Source
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Size
2813 × 3890 px
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Public domain · The Metropolitan Museum of Art releases this image under CC0 (latest date 1592).
Rights checked 2026-11-04 · tier A · as stated by the source: CC0 (The Met Open Access, isPublicDomain=true)

Credit (appreciated, not required for public-domain works): The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

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