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1541

El Greco
in 1541
. in Doménikos Theotokópoulos

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750519


1565

El Greco
with
The Dormition of the Virgin
in 1565
. was probably created near the end of the artist's Cretan period. The painting combines post-Byzantine and Italian mannerist stylistic and iconographic elements.

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750506


1567

El Greco
with
The Adoration of the Magi
in 1567
. The icon, signed by El Greco ("Χείρ Δομήνιχου", Created by the hand of Doménicos), was painted in Candia on part of an old chest.

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750513

El Greco
Venice
in 1567
in
Venice
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750522


1568

El Greco
with
The Modena Triptych
in 1568
. is a small-scale composition attributed to El Greco.

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750518


1570

El Greco
with
Giorgio Giulio Clovio
in 1570
in
Rome
. In the portrait of Clovio, friend and supporter in Rome of the young Cretan artist, the first evidence of El Grecos gifts as a portraitist are apparent.

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El Greco
Rome
in 1570
in
Rome
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750523


1577

El Greco
Toledo, Spain
in 1577
in
Toledo, Spain
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750521

El Greco
Madrid
in 1577
in
Madrid
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750524


1578

El Greco
with
The Assumption of the Virgin
in 1578
in
Armenia
. was one of the nine paintings El Greco completed for the church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo in Toledo, his first commission in Spain.

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-1708425

El Greco
with
The Disrobing of Christ
in 1578
. is one of the most famous altarpieces of El Greco. El Greco's altarpieces are renowned for their dynamic compositions and startling innovations.

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750511


1579

El Greco
with
The Holy Trinity
in 1579
. was part of a group of works created for the church "Santo Domingo el Antiguo".

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750514


1580

El Greco
in 1580
. The Fable

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2147490651

El Greco
in 1580
. The Fable

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2147488928


1587

El Greco
with
More details The Burial of the Count of Orgaz
in 1587
. now El Greco's best known work, illustrates a popular local legend. An exceptionally large painting, it is clearly divided into two zones: the heavenly above and the terrestrial below, brought together compositionally.

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750510


1595

El Greco
in 1595
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750505


1598

El Greco
with
View of Toledo
in 1598
in
Toledo
. is one of the two surviving landscapes of Toledo painted by El Greco.

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-1708422


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