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Where art historian José Camón Aznar had attributed between 787 and 829 paintings to El Greco, Wethey reduced the number to 285 authentic works. Halldor Sœhner, a German researcher of Spanish art, recognized only 137. [7] Both Wethey and Sœhner divided in their catalogues the works in those painted by El Greco and those produced by his ...
Paintings by Doménicos Theotokópoulos (Greek: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος), called El Greco ("the Greek", 1541 – April 7, 1614), a Greek-born painter who worked in Crete, Italy and Spain
El Greco's altarpieces are renowned for their dynamic compositions and startling innovations. Art historian Max Dvořák was the first scholar to connect El Greco's art with Mannerism and Antinaturalism. [34] Modern scholars characterize El Greco's theory as "typically Mannerist" and pinpoint its sources in the Neoplatonism of the Renaissance. [35]
Pages in category "Paintings by El Greco in the Museo del Prado" The following 34 pages are in this category, out of 34 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
The anatomy of the human body becomes even more otherworldly in El Greco's mature works; for The Immaculate Conception (El Greco, Toledo) El Greco asked to lengthen the altarpiece itself by another 1.5 ft (0.46 m) "because in this way the form will be perfect and not reduced, which is the worst thing that can happen to a figure". A significant ...
Pages in category "Paintings by El Greco in the Louvre" The following 3 pages are in this category, out of 3 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. C.
Nativity is a 1603-1605 painting of the Nativity of Jesus by El Greco.It was one of five paintings painted for the high altarpiece of the Santuario de Nuestra Señora de la Caridad in Illescas, Toledo.
Saint Louis is a 1592–1595 painting by El Greco, painted during his time in Toledo.It is now in the Louvre in Paris.. It shows Louis IX of France wearing 16th-century armour and a crown and holding his family symbol of a fleur de lys and the traditional sceptre of the kings of France.