The Dead Christ supported by an Angel (Cristo muerto sostenido por un ángel)
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About this painting
The Prado says plainly that this subject is not from the gospels. It descends from the Cristo de san Gregorio, an Eastern icon of Gregory the Great's vision of the dead Christ held between two angels — and praying before that image was believed to win indulgences for the dead. Cano's change was arithmetic: he cut the two angels to one, who holds the body upright and turns it toward you. A warm angel, a cold blue Christ, a dusk landscape behind.
Sources: Museo Nacional del Prado, Madrid, 'Cristo muerto sostenido por un angel', P000629; read 2026-08-27.
Printed on demand. Public-domain masterwork, reproduced from a 3,051 px master of the original. The whole image is printed — never cropped to fit the sheet — so every sheet carries an archival margin, and the dimensions and resolution listed above are the ones you receive.