Saint Francis in Ecstasy, 1580

El Greco

El Greco was a Spanish artist born in 1541. Greco contributed to the Spanish Renaissance and Mannerist movements and died on April 7, 1614. Get notified when El Greco's biography is complete:

The Holy Trinity

Saint Francis in Ecstasy

The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

The Agony in the Garden

The Virgin Mary

Fábula

Portrait of an Old Man

The Annunciation

View of Toledo

Portrait of the Artist's Son

Saint John the Evangelist

El Salvador

Laocoön

View and Plan of Toledo

Francisco de Zurbarán

Agnolo Bronzino

A butcher's son swept off his feet by a renaissance master.

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Why take art so seriously?

Success against the odds

Catharina van Hemessen

Intimate portraitist and confidant to the queen

Sofonisba Anguissola El Greco

Recipe for a prosperous life: make the emperor look good

Matriarch of the family business

Lavinia Fontana

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