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Christ Crucified is a 1780 oil-on-canvas painting of the crucifixion of Jesus. The Spanish Romantic artist Francisco Goya presented it to the Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando as his reception piece to meet the requirements for admission. The painting is neoclassical in style and is similar to the treatment of the same topic by Velázquez and Anton Raphael Mengs. Goya conforms to the Spanish Baroque iconographic rules for portraying the Crucifixion as laid down by Francisco Pacheco – a black background, four rather than three nails, supported feet, and a trilingual inscription in Hebrew, Greek and Latin affixed to the top of the cross reading 'King of the Jews'. The work now forms part of the permanent collection of the Museo del Prado in Madrid.Painting credit: Francisco Goya