# Dying Christ \(El Cachorro\)

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## Artwork

- Artist: [RUIZ GIJÓN, Francisco](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ruiz-gijn-francisco-r300356dfe7fee4>)
- Date: 1651-1700
- Technique: Polychrome wood, height 184 cm

## Commentary

Francisco Ruiz Gijón was the last great master of the seventeenth century in Seville. He created the Dying Christ, popularly called El Cachorro. Christ is shown still alive, but he turns his gaze beseechingly upwards, while his loincloth appears to move in the wind.

## Related artworks

- [St John of the Cross \(San Juan de la Cruz\)](<https://beta.wga.hu/artists/ruiz-gijn-francisco-r300356dfe7fee4/st-john-of-the-cross-san-juan-de-la-cruz-r5264c47535bf1d>)

## Attribution

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