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El Greco
El Greco | |
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 Portrait o a Man (presumed sel-portrait o El Greco), c. 1595–1600, ile on canvas, 52.7 × 46.7 cm, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York Ceety, Unitit States[1] | |
| Born | Doménikos Theotokópoulos 1 October 1541 Heraklion, Crete, Greece |
| Dee'd | 7 Aprile 1614 (aged 72–73) Toledo, Spain |
| Naitionality | Greek |
| Kent for | Pentin, sculptur an airchitectur |
| Notable wirk(s) | El Expolio (1577–1579) The Assumption o the Virgin (1577–1579) The Burial o the Coont o Orgaz (1586–1588) View o Toledo (1596–1600) Openin o the Fift Seal (1608–1614) |
| Muivement | Mannerism |
Doménikos Theotokópoulos (Greek: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος [ðoˈminikos θeotoˈkopulos]; 1 October 1541 – 7 Aprile 1614), maist widely kent as El Greco, wis a penter, sculptor an airchitect o the Spaingie Renaissance. "El Greco" ("The Greek") wis a nickname,[a][b] a reference tae his Greek origin, an the airtist normally signed his pentings wi his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), eften addin the wird Κρής (Krēs, "Cretan").
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