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El Greco
Agony in the Garden
1595, oil on canvas, Toledo Museum of Art, Ohio
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El Greco
Antonio de Covarrubias y Leiva (mk05)
Canvas 27 x 23''(68 x 58 cm)Acquired by exchange in 1941
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El Greco
Christ on the Cross Adored by Two Donors (mk05)
Canvas,102 1/4 x 67 1/4''(260 x 171 cm)Acquired in 1908
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El Greco
St Luis King of France with a Page (mk05)
Canvas,47 1/4 x 38 1/4''(120 x 97 cm)Acquired in 1903
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El Greco
The Despoiling of Christ (mk08)
c.1590-1600
Oil on canvas,
165x99cm
Munich,Bayerische Staatsgemalde-sammlungen,Alte Pinkakothek
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El Greco
The Agony in the Garden (mk08)
c.1595
Oil on canvas,
102x114cm
Toledo,Toledo Museum of Art
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El Greco
The Burial of Count Orgaz (mk08)
c.1586
Oil on canvas,488x360cm
Toledo,Santo Tome
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El Greco
The Holy Family with St Anne and the young St John Baptist (mk08)
c.1594-1604
Oil on canvas,107x69cm
Madrid,Museo del Prado
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El Greco
St Paul (df01)
1608-1614
Toledo,Casa y Museo del Greco
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El Greco
Self-Portrait
mk52
c.1604
Oil on canva
70.5x54cm
Hispanic Society of America,New York
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El Greco
The Coronation of the Virgin
mk61
c.1590
Oil on canvas
90x100cm
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El Greco
Pentecost
mk61
c.1600
Oil on cloth
275x127cm
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El Greco
The Adoration of the Shepherds
mk61
c.1605
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El Greco
The Adoration of the Shepherds
mk61
c.1605
Oil on canvas
319x180cm
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El Greco
Detail of The Adoration of the Shepherds
mk61
c.1605
Oil on canvas
319x180cm
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El Greco
SS.John the Evangelist and Francis
mk65
Oil on canvas
Uffizi
Gallery
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El Greco
The Burial of Count Orgaz
nn05
1586
Two saints bury the munificent donor
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El Greco
Details of The Burial of Count Orgaz
nn05
Fighting for the Holy Virgin
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El Greco
Details of The Burial of Count Orgaz
nn05
A king among saints
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El Greco
Details of The Burial of Count Orgaz
nn05
Reality as a stage set
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| El Greco
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Greek-born Spanish Mannerist Painter, 1541-1614
Considered a representative of late Renaissance Spanish art, El Greco was actually born in Greece, on the island of Crete. After studying in Venice under Titian, El Greco settled in Toledo, Spain in 1577. At the time he was wildly popular, his emotionally religious paintings being just the ticket for the hometown of the Spanish Inquisition. After his death his work was largely ignored until the beginning of the 20th century; now he considered one of the inspired geniuses of Western art. His distinctive style features bold shapes and colors, with elongated and slightly distorted figures.
In Toledo El Greco was in constant demand and liked living large: he maintained a private orchestra to accompany his meals.
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