Domenico Theotocopulos known as
"El Greco"
- the Greek (Candia, 1541 - Toledo, 1614) The Trinity,
177-79, oil on canvas. Madrid (Spain), Museo del
Prado, cm 300 x 178This peculiar - but not so
rare- representation of the Trinity was part of a
group of works
created for the church "Santo Domingo el
Antiguo" (Old saint Dominic) in Toledo. The
Trinitarian theme uses the figure (iconography) of
the Descent from the Cross. It is the Father, in
this case, and not Mary, Jesus` mother, the one
who holds the body of the dead Son, just
descended from the cross. The large use of yellow
in its different tonalities set the scene in the
sphere of the divine. We are not on mount Calvary
any more, but in Heaven, when the Father, in the
presence of the Holy Spirit, seems to take back
the Son he had given to man through the mystery
of incarnation. Around the central scene we
notice the expression of shared grief of six
angels.
God loved man so much that he sent us his
Son, Jesus, who was crucified, died and rose for
our salvation.
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