El Greco (1541-1614) - 1604-14 View of Toledo (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City)
Oil on canvas; 47.75 × 42.75 cm.
El Greco was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Doménikos Theotokópoulos).
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El Greco (1541-1614) - 1604-14 View of Toledo (Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York City)
Oil on canvas; 47.75 × 42.75 cm.
El Greco was a painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" (The Greek) was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Doménikos Theotokópoulos).
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