ARTIST

El Greco

1541–1614 · Crown of Castile

A Greek painter who signed his works in Greek letters and added 'Cretan' to his name.

ABOUT

Doménikos Theotokópoulos, most widely known as El Greco, was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance, regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. El Greco was a nickname, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters often adding the word Κρής, which means "Cretan" in Ancient Greek.

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NOTABLE WORKS
St Francis Receiving the Stigmata 1560 · Museo di Capodimonte Dormition of the Virgin 1565 · Syros, Agios Nikolaos in Ermoupolis The Last Supper 1568 · Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna Christ Healing the Blind 1570 · Metropolitan Museum of Art El Soplón 1570 · Museo di Capodimonte The Flight into Egypt 1570 · Museo del Prado
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