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El Espolio, The Disrobing of Christ
El Greco, El Espolio, The Disrobing of Christ
1577/79
oil on canvas
285 × 173 cm
Sacristy of the Cathedral, Toledo, Spain
El Espolio (or The Disrobing of Christ), a painting begun in the summer of 1577 and completed in the spring of 1579 for the High Altar of the sacristy of the Cathedral of Toledo, where it still hangs, is one of El Greco's most renowned works.[1] A document dated 2 July 1577 refers to this painting is the earliest record of El Greco in Spain.
This commission of this painting was secured thanks to El Greco's friendship with Diego de Castilla, the dean of the Cathedral of Toledo.[2]
Harold Wethey regards the painting as a "masterpiece of extraordinary originality".[3] The powerful effect of the painting especially depends upon his original and forceful use of colour.
Something of the effect of the grand images of the Saviour in Byzantine art is r