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  2. El Greco - Wikipedia

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    El Greco was a nickname, [a] and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters often adding the word Κρής (Krḗs), which means "Cretan" in Ancient Greek. El Greco was born in the Kingdom of Candia (modern Crete), which was at that time part of the Republic of Venice, Italy, and the center of Post ...

  3. Art of El Greco - Wikipedia

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    The same scholar believes that in El Greco's mature works "the devotional intensity of mood reflects the religious spirit of Roman Catholic Spain in the period of the Counter-Reformation". [1] El Greco often produces an open pipe between Earth and Heaven in his paintings. The Annunciation is one example of this spiritual conduit being present ...

  4. List of works by El Greco - Wikipedia

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    El Greco (1541–1614) was a Cretan-born painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. El Greco left his birthplace for Venice in 1567, never to return. El Greco's three years in Venice profoundly influenced his style. In 1577, he emigrated to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked until the end of his life.

  5. The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest - Wikipedia

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    Unconfirmed portrait of Cervantes commonly said to have been painted by Juan de Jáuregui. [note 1]The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest (also known as The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast [1] or Gentleman with his Hand on his Chest) (Spanish: El caballero de la mano en el pecho) [2] is an oil painting by El Greco, one of the earliest works painted by the artist in Spain.

  6. Saint Sebastian (El Greco, 1576–1579) - Wikipedia

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    Saint Sebastian, or Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian is an autograph work by the famed artist Doménikos Theotokópoulos, commonly known as El Greco.It shows the Martyred Saint in an atypical kneeling posture which has led some scholars to believe it to be a compositional quotation of various works by other great masters whom the artist admired.

  7. The Disrobing of Christ - Wikipedia

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    It is one of El Greco's most famous works. [1] A document dated July 2, 1577 which refers to this painting is the earliest record of El Greco's presence in Spain. The commission for the painting was secured thanks to El Greco's friendship from Rome with Luis, the son of Diego de Castilla, the dean of the Cathedral of Toledo.

  8. Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple (El Greco ...

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    Christ Driving the Money Changers from the Temple is a painting by El Greco, from 1568, now in the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., in the United States. [1] It depicts the Cleansing of the Temple, an event in the Life of Christ.

  9. Penitent Magdalene (El Greco) - Wikipedia

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    Penitent Magdalene is a 1576–1578 painting by El Greco depicting Mary Magdalene, produced during his first period in Toledo and showing the major influence of Titian on him at that time. [1] It is now in the Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest.

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