Thursday, January 5, 2023

 El Greco

(1541 - 1614)

Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" was a nickname, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos), often adding the word Κρής (Krḗs), which means Cretan. In 1577, he moved to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked until his death. In Toledo, El Greco received several major commissions and produced his best-known paintings, such as View of Toledo and Opening of the Fifth Seal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Greco



El caballero de la mano en el pecho (The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest)
1583
Oil on canvas
81 x 66 cm
Museo del Prado
https://www.museodelprado.es/coleccion/obra-de-arte/wd/9cb73bdf-66e8-4826-a79c-5de2b15a1da6



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