- ‘Christ on the Cross’ was created in 1856 by Eugene Delacroix in Romanticism style.
- Delacroix places us among the group at the foot of the Cross, as we too look up at Christ’s body.
- Christ on the Cross, Eugène Delacroix (French, Charenton-Saint-Maurice 1798–1863 Paris), Oil on canvas.
- Evidently, he was attracted to the drama of Christ's Passion and was endeavoring to deal with issues of personal faith raised by Christ's human and divine nature.
- La Chasse aux lions au Maroc by Eugène Delacroix. ... Christ on the Cross, Mary, Mary Magdelene, Saint John and Saint Francis of Paola by Nicolas Tournier.
- From The National Gallery, London, Eugène Delacroix, Christ on the Cross (1853), Oil on canvas, 73.3 × 59.7 cm.
- This drawing is a study after Rubens's Christ on the Cross (Le Coup de Lance) in Antwerp (Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten).
- As a painter and muralist, Delacroix's use of expressive brushstrokes and his study of the optical effects of colour profoundly shaped the work of the Impressionists...
- Sharply silhouetted against the darkened sky is the dying Christ. A couple of gesturing spectators appear at the left, and on the right are two mounted Roman...
- Here, Delacroix condensed the composition of Rubens's painting, focusing on Christ, the soldier, and one of the thieves.
