LUIS TRISTAN (Toledo, 1580/85 - Toledo, 1624).Untitled.Oil on canvas. Re-coloured.It presents multiple repainting and restorations.Measurements: 137 x 92 cm.Luis Tristán created numerous works dedicated to the theme of the crucifixion, a subject highly valued and requested by the patrons of the time both in commissions of public nature and those destined to the private devotion. It was El Greco who, with his paintings on this theme, established the aesthetic basis for this type of depiction and thus became a point of reference and influence on painters of the period, especially his pupils such as Luis Tristán. Tristan's works on the figure of the crucified Christ were characterised by the presence of architecture, as can be seen in the present work, which symbolised the city of Jerusalem. In this work we can see the aesthetic traces of his master in the treatment of the anatomical proportions, particularly the elongation of the arms, the way in which he configures the cloth of purity and the use of colour based on a dramatic expression of chromatic contrasts. The manner of representing the body of Christ, still alive with his face turned towards the sky and his body in tension, was a common aesthetic pattern in 17th-century Toledo.A disciple of El Greco and Ribera in Italy, he returned to Toledo for good in 1613. His style, thanks to the heterogeneous nature of his training, is very varied, almost contradictory at times. The strong influence of El Greco will always remain in his work, especially in the elongation and expressive instability of his figures, but his direct knowledge of Caravaggism in Rome, precisely during its heyday, is reflected in a naturalism that is particularly evident in some of his works. Tristan seems to lean towards one or other style at specific moments, either by his own decision or at the behest of his clientele. The study of Venetian compositions is also evident in his language, although the clearest influence on his work is determined by the paintings that Juan Bautista Maíno left in Toledo, especially the "Portrait of the Four Easters" in the church of San Pedro Mártir, which combines Roman naturalism with sumptuous colour. All of this is reflected in works such as the set that Tristán painted in 1616 for the parish church of Yepes. He is currently represented in the Prado Museum, the El Greco Museum in Toledo, the Louvre in Paris, the Louvre in Cambridge, the Pollock House in Glasgow, the Fine Arts Museums in Budapest, Caracas, Bucharest and Seville, Toledo Cathedral and other churches in the region, the Santa Cruz Museum and the Archbishop's Palace in Toledo, the Royal Palace in Madrid and other collections and museums.