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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

1577-1579

Saint Francis in Ecstasy

1577-1580

The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest

1580-1582

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

1585-1590

The Agony in the Garden

1590-1595

The Virgin Mary

1597

The Annunciation

1596-1600

Fábula

1600

Portrait of an Old Man

1595-1600

View of Toledo

1596-1600

Portrait of the Artist's Son

1603

Saint John the Evangelist

1605

El Salvador

1610-1614

View and Plan of Toledo

1610-1614

Laocoön

1604-1614

El Greco

Finally, a renaissance master with soul

1541-1614

Agnolo Bronzino

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

1503-1572

El Greco

Finally, a renaissance master with soul

1541-1614

Giuseppe Arcimboldo

Why take art so seriously?

1526-1593
15011700
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
Farrukh Beg
Matriarch of the family business
Lavinia Fontana

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