17 March 2008 by Troy Bettinger
The Holy Trinity by El Greco (Domenikos Theotocopoulos) (1541 – 1614).
Paint on canvas, 1577
300 x 179 cm (118 1/8 x 70 1/2″)
Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
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This is a beautiful painting. I read a discussion concerning this and similar Renaissance paintings depicting the Father holding the dead body of Jesus. The question was- are these paintings “Eucharistic”. Given the fact that the Eucharist is the body,blood,soul and divinity of Jesus- and in these paintings Jesus is apparently devoid of his soul. But can God ever be soul-less? It was interesting.