El Greco
1541 – 1614
Cretan-born painter, sculptor, and architect who settled in Spain and is regarded as the first great genius of the Spanish School. He was known as El Greco (the Greek), but his real name was Domenikos Theotokopoulos; and it was thus that he signed his paintings throughout his life, always in Greek characters, and sometimes followed by Kres (Cretan). Little is known of his youth, and only a few works survive by him in the Byzantine tradition of icon painting, notably the Dormition of the Virgin discovered in 1983 (Church of the Koimesis tis Theotokou, Syros).
245 artworks in collection
Locations
Works
Annunciation
Private collection1568
The Adoration of the Shepherds
Private collection1570
St Francis Receiving the Stigmata
Private collection1570
Portrait of a Sculptor
Private collection1576
An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool (Fábula)
Private collection1577
St Joseph
Private collection1577
Escutcheon with St Veronica's Veil
Private collection1579
The Veil of St Veronica
Private collection1580
The Martyrdom of St Maurice and his Legions (detail)
Chapter House, Monasterio de San Lorenzo, El Escorial1580
Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata
Private collection1585
St Dominic in Prayer
Private collection1586
An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool (Fábula)
National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh1589
An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool (Fábula)
Museo del Prado, Madrid1600
Christ on the Cross
Private collection1600
St Dominic in Prayer
Private collection1600
Penitent Magdalen
Private collection1605
