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El Greco (1541-1614)

View of Toledo c. 1597
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

El Greco (Domenicos Theotokopoulosis) is one of the greatest Mannerist Spanish painters. He was born in Crete and lived in Toledo. Typical for his style are the elongated figures, and the intense and unusual colors.

The opening of the Fifth Seal of the Apocalypse c. 1608-14
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York 		St. John the Evangelist c. 1600
Museo del Prado, Madrid		 Laocoon 1608-1614
National Gallery of Art, Washington

More information about El Greco can be found at the site of Artchive