El Greco's first major commission in Spain, painted for the sacristy of Toledo Cathedral, shows Christ about to be stripped before the Crucifixion. His red robe blazes at the centre of a wall of crowded heads and lances, while his calm face turns upward. The cathedral objected to details and to the price, and El Greco had to go to arbitration.
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At lower right a man in yellow bores a hole in the cross for the nails. At lower left stand the three Marys, whose presence the cathedral authorities disputed.
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