The Trinity (El Greco)

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The Trinity (El Greco) is a celebrated late 16th-century Mannerist altarpiece by El Greco depicting God the Father, Christ, and the Holy Spirit in a dramatic, elongated composition.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Mannerist painting ⓘ
painting ⓘ
artist El Greco ⓘ
artStyleCharacteristic dramatic lighting ⓘ
elongated figures ⓘ
expressive movement ⓘ
intense color ⓘ
associatedPlace Toledo ⓘ
basedOn The Trinity (Albrecht Dürer) ⓘ
catalogueRaisonneNumber Wethey 1 ⓘ
collection Museo del Prado collection ⓘ
commissionedFor Monastery of Santo Domingo el Antiguo ⓘ
completionDate 1579 ⓘ
countryOfOrigin Spain ⓘ
creator El Greco ⓘ
currentLocation Museo del Prado ⓘ
linked to: Prado Museum
depictionForm vertical composition ⓘ
depicts God the Father ⓘ
linked to: God

Holy Spirit ⓘ
linked to: God the Holy Spirit

Holy Trinity ⓘ
Jesus Christ ⓘ
angels ⓘ
cherubs ⓘ
genre religious painting ⓘ
height 300 cm ⓘ
iconography God the Father supporting the dead Christ ⓘ
dove of the Holy Spirit above Christ ⓘ
inception 1577 ⓘ
inspiredBy The Trinity (Albrecht Dürer) ⓘ
languageOfTitle Spanish ⓘ
locationCity Madrid ⓘ
materialUsed oil paint ⓘ
movement Mannerism ⓘ
notableFor early major commission in Spain for El Greco ⓘ
exemplary Mannerist composition ⓘ
originalLocation Santo Domingo el Antiguo, Toledo ⓘ
paintingTechnique oil on canvas ⓘ
partOf altarpiece ensemble for Santo Domingo el Antiguo ⓘ
period late 16th century ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
subjectMatter Christian theology ⓘ
Trinitarian doctrine ⓘ
surface canvas ⓘ
titleInSpanish La Trinidad ⓘ
width 178 cm ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Santo Domingo el Antiguo, Toledo → notableWorkHoused → The Trinity (El Greco) ⓘ