Bautismo de jesus el greco biography
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The Baptism of Christ
The large canvas of the Baptism of Christ (1608-1624) is a work from one of the three altarpieces in the Chapel, a magnificent and personal compositional invention by El Greco, which was completed in superficial areas by his own son Jorge Manuel.
As is known, Pedro Salazar de Mendoza, the administrator of the Hospital Tavera, signed a contract with the old Greek artist on 16 November 1608 to make the main altarpiece and the side altarpieces of the chapel, dedicated, as is logical, to Saint John the Baptist, one of the major ensembles that are among his most outstanding works, even though the main altarpiece did not follow his designs in all their elements and the canvases intended were never placed on their respective retablistic machines. Of the 7,000 ducats that this work, to be completed in five years, would cost, when the dispute between the Hospital and the workshop arose in 1622, it was established that El Greco and his son had been receiving different amounts until they had accumulated the enormous sum of more than 8,600 ducats.
No contract has survived concerning the canvases that were to decorate these three altarpieces; in the inventory of the estate of 1614, at the death of Dominico Greco, it was indicated that the paintings in the hospital
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Baptism of Christ (El Greco, Toledo)
Painting by El Greco
| Baptism of Christ | |
|---|---|
| Artist | El Greco |
| Year | 1608-1614 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 330 cm × 221 cm (130 in × 87 in) |
| Location | Hospital de Tavera, Toledo |
Baptism of Christ is a 1608–1614 painting by El Greco, made towards the end of his life in Toledo and completed by his son Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli. It is now in the Hospital de Tavera in Toledo.
Description
[edit]The work was produced almost entirely by Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli, El Greco's son. Jesus appears kneeling while Saint John the Baptist at right pours water onto his head from a conch. In the upper, God the Father and the dove of the Holy Spirit are painted to unite the figures of the Holy Trinity. The strong lighting recalls the work of Michelangelo.
This large canvas was delivered to the Tavera Hospital shortly before 1624, the date on which it was already included in the inventory of this institution. It is likely that it was designed to be placed in the main altarpiece, in the central niche of the lower floor, which has the appropriate measurements. However, the Tabernacle of the Tavera Hospital would have made it difficult to contemplate. It was then placed in the altarp
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Bautismo de Cristo (El Greco, Retablos describe Hospital Tavera)
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Introducción
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