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Painting of the Virgin Mary rising on clouds with angels while apostles below gather around an empty tomb.

The Assumption of the Virgin

1577-79

Painting of Saint Francis kneeling in a dark cave, hand on chest, beside a crucifix, skull, and book.

Saint Francis Kneeling in Meditation

c. 1595-c. 1600

Painting of a mounted knight in armor sharing his green cloak with a nude beggar beside a white horse.

Saint Martin and the Beggar

c. 1597-c. 1600

Seated cardinal in red robes and spectacles in a room with gilded damask, by El Greco.

Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541-1609)

ca. 1600

Painting of a stormy sky over the hilltop city of Toledo, with a stone bridge, river, and cathedral spire.

View of Toledo

ca. 1599-1600

Painting of bearded Christ in a crown of thorns gazing upward while carrying a wooden cross, wearing a blue mantle and red ro

Christ Carrying the Cross

ca. 1577-87

Painting of Christ in blue robes touching a kneeling blind man in a colonnaded city square, with a crowd watching.

Christ Healing the Blind

ca. 1570

Oil portrait of a bald, bearded old man in a white ruff and fur-trimmed dark cloak against a dark background.

Portrait of an Old Man

ca. 1595-1600

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a black robe and white collar, one hand resting on a book, against a brown backgroun

Portrait of a Man

1570-1575

Painting of Christ crucified on a dark cross under a stormy sky, with a skull and bones at the base and a town on a hill.

Christ on the Cross

1600-1610

Painting of a bearded man in a red cloak holding a staff and a small book, gazing upward against a dark background.

St. Paul

1598

Painting of a bearded man in a green cloak and white shirt holding a scroll, looking upward against a dark background.

St James the Greater

1600

Painting of two bearded saints in draped robes, one in gold and one in red, with an open book in the foreground.

Saint Peter and Saint Paul

1587

Painting of dead Christ held by angels, with God the Father behind and the Holy Spirit dove above in golden light.

The Holy Tninity

1577

Crowned armored king in orange mantle beside a page in a lace ruff, before a stormy sky and stone column.

Saint Louis, King of France, and a Page

1585

Painting of a bearded friar in a grey habit gazing upward beside a skull, against a blue sky with swirling clouds.

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

1590

Dark painting of a young man blowing on a flame, watched by a bearded man in a red hat and a monkey at left.

An Allegory (Fàbula)

1580

Painting of a pale figure holding a bird, flanked by a grinning man in a red cap and a monkey against a dark background.

An Allegory with a Boy Lighting a Candle in the Company of an Ape and a Fool (Fábula)

1580

Half-length painting of the Virgin Mary in blue mantle and white veil with a golden halo against a dark background.

Virgin Mary

1595

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a black garment and white pleated ruff against a dark background.

Retrato de un caballero desconocido

1600

Oil portrait of a bearded man with a laurel wreath and white ruff collar against a deep red background.

Portrait of the Poet Alonso Ercilla y Zuniga

1570

Painting of bearded Christ with a halo, raising one hand in blessing and resting the other on a globe.

Christ Blessing ('The Saviour of the World')

1600

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in a dark doublet and white ruff against an olive background.

Portrait of a gentleman

1586

Painting of a bearded friar in a brown hooded habit holding a white lily branch beside an open book on a dark background.

Saint Anthony of Padua

1580

Painting of a bald bearded monk in a dark habit holding a golden jeweled crozier against a grey-green background.

San Benito de Nursia

1577

Painting of a woman on a donkey holding an infant, led by a bearded man with a staff along a path through hills.

The Flight into Egypt

1570

Painting of a sorrowful woman in a white veil and green cloak, hands clasped in prayer against a dark background.

Mater Dolorosa

1587

Portrait of an elderly bearded man in black with a white ruff, one hand resting on an open book.

Portrait of Doctor Rodrigo de la Fuente (El Médico)

1582

Painting of a bearded face with long dark hair framed by a white cloth held at the top corners on a dark background.

La Santa Faz

1586

Portrait of a bearded man in black with white ruffled collar, hand placed on chest, gilded sword hilt at lower right.

The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest

1580

Painting of the Annunciation: an angel in yellow gestures to the kneeling Virgin Mary in red beneath a golden dove.

Annunciation

1600

Saint Francis in a grey habit holds a skull while Brother Leo kneels in prayer against a dark background.

Saint Francis and Brother Leo Meditating on Death

1600

The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen

The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen

c. 1590-95

Bearded man in yellow and blue robes clasps hands and looks upward, holding keys, with an angel in the distance.

St. Peter Repentant

1590

Bearded man in yellow robe and blue cloak clasps hands and looks upward, holding keys, dark background with olive branches.

Tears of St. Peter

1590

Painting of a hilltop city under a stormy sky, with a cathedral spire, a stone bridge over a river, and green hills.

View of Toledo

1598

Two bearded saints in colorful robes stand against a cloudy sky, one holding a sword and the other holding keys.

Saint Peter and Saint Paul

1590

Seated cardinal in red robes and biretta with spectacles, beside a gilded damask wall and a folded letter on marble floor.

Portrait of a Cardinal, Probably Cardinal Don Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541-1609)

1600

El Greco's The Last Supper: Christ seated at a table with apostles in red and yellow robes under a dark canopy.

The Last Supper

1596

Oil painting of a boy in a white-collared shirt blowing on a candle he is lighting against a dark background.

The Blower

1570

Painting of armored soldiers on a rocky hillside beneath angels with a wreath and cello, with fallen bodies at lower left.

The Martyrdom of St Maurice

1580

Painting of the Nativity with Mary and the Christ Child, kneeling shepherds, a sheep, and angels with a scroll above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

1596

Painting of Saint Francis of Assisi in a grey habit, gazing upward with outstretched hands beside a skull under a dramatic sk

The Ecstasy of Saint Francis of Assisi.

1580

Christ on the Cross

Christ on the Cross

c. 1600-1610

Painting of the resurrected Christ holding a white banner, rising above startled soldiers in a dark arched composition.

The Resurrection

1597

Oil portrait of an elderly bald man with grey beard, white ruff and fur-trimmed dark cloak, against a brown background.

Portrait of an Old Man

1595

Painting of kneeling clergy and crowds gazing up at a radiant IHS monogram among angels, with a dark cavern of figures at rig

The Adoration of the Name of Jesus

1577

Painting of Christ's baptism by John the Baptist, with angels holding red drapery and God and a dove in clouds above.

The Baptism of Christ

1597

Oil portrait of a dark-haired man in a white collar against a dark background, by El Greco.

Portrait of Dominican (or Trinitarian) Friar

1600

Painting of the Annunciation: the Virgin Mary at a lectern receives an angel on a cloud beneath a shaft of light and cherubs.

Annunciation

1570

Painting of the Annunciation: the Virgin in blue and pink before a green-robed angel, with a dove of light and musician angel

Annunciation

1597

Half-length portrait of a bearded man in black with a white ruff collar against a dark background.

Portrait of Rodrigo Vázquez de Arce

1590

Elderly bearded saint in penitence holding a crucifix and stone, with a skull, hourglass and red cardinal's hat beside him.

Saint Jerome in Penitence

1595

Apostles and the Virgin Mary look upward at a white dove of the Holy Spirit amid radiant light and flames above their heads.

The Pentecost

1600

Painting of the Holy Family with an older woman, a bearded man, and a small nude child with a basket of fruit.

Holy Family with Saints

1600

Saint Francis holds a skull while a kneeling brother prays beside him in a dark setting.

Saint Francis of Assisi and Brother Leo Meditating on Death

1600

Bust portrait of an elderly bearded man in a black garment and white ruff collar against a dark brown background.

Portrait of an Elderly Man

1587

Two saints in a rocky landscape: one in red robes holding a golden chalice with a serpent, one in animal skin beside a lamb a

Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist

1600

Painting of the Crucifixion with elongated Christ on a cross, two angels, and mourning figures below against a dark sky.

The Crucifixion

1597

Painting of a kneeling bearded man in pink robes as an angel offers a chalice above sleeping figures and a rocky hill.

The Agony in the Garden of Gethsemane

1590

Painting of a robed figure driving merchants from a temple interior with baskets and an overturned table.

Christ driving the Traders from the Temple

1600

Painted portrait of a bearded man with a receding hairline and white collar against a dark background.

Portrait of a Man

1556-1614

Painting of a bearded man in green with a red cloak over his shoulder, against a blue sky, by El Greco.

Saint James the Younger

1600

Virgin and Christ Child above clouds with two angels, Saint Martina with a palm and lion, and Saint Agnes with a lamb.

Madonna and Child with Saint Martina and Saint Agnes

1597/1599

Painting of Christ driving merchants and money changers out of a colonnaded temple with a bright sky beyond the arch.

Christ Cleansing the Temple

probably before 1570

Painting of the Holy Family with Saint Anne and infant John the Baptist against a swirling blue and grey sky.

The Holy Family with Saint Anne and the Infant John the Baptist

c. 1595/1600

Oil portrait of a bearded man in a black cap and white shirt wearing a green cross pendant, against a dark background.

Portrait of Diego de Covarrubias y Leiva (1512-1577)

1600

Saint Francis in a grey hooded habit gazes upward in ecstasy beside a skull against a dark, luminous sky.

Ecstasy of Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

1600

Bearded monk in grey hooded robe gazes up at a winged crucified Christ in clouds against a dark background.

Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

1585

Painting of a nobleman's burial below a heavenly vision of Mary, Christ, saints and angels, with clergy and mourners in dark

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz

1586

Painting of the Annunciation: the Virgin Mary at a lectern in blue robes faces an angel in yellow with a dove and cherubs abo

Annunciation

1576

Christ with a whip drives merchants from a columned temple while a crowd reacts, painted by El Greco around 1570.

Christ driving the money-changers from the Temple

1570

Painting of a penitent woman with long hair gazing upward beside a skull, open book, and jar, in a rocky landscape.

The Penitent Mary Magdalene

1576

Painting of a kneeling bearded friar in grey habit before a crucifix, skull and open book in a dark rocky cave.

San Francisco en oración ante el Crucificado

1585

Painting of a hooded bearded monk gazing upward into light, with a skull at lower left against a dark background.

Saint François recevant les stigmates Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata

1590

Painting of Christ with a crown of thorns gazing upward while carrying a wooden cross, wearing a red undergarment and blue cl

Christ Carrying the Cross

1577

Painting of Saint John the Baptist with a cross staff, a lamb on a rock, and a stormy blue sky behind him.

Saint John the Baptist

1600

Painting of a kneeling monk in black and white robes praying beside a crucifix against a stormy sky.

St Dominic in Prayer

1600

Painting of an elderly bearded man with clasped hands looking upward under a stormy sky, with ivy on a dark rock.

The Tears of St Peter

1580

Bearded monk in brown habit gazing upward with hands on chest, a skull on a ledge beside him, lit from above.

Saint Francis in ecstasy

1577

Saint Luke in red robes paints the Virgin and Child on an easel while an angel hovers above in a gilded setting.

St Luke Painting the Virgin

1560

Painting of the risen Christ rising above a tomb with a red cloak and white banner, soldiers reacting below.

The Resurrection

1577

Painting of Christ with a crown of thorns gazing upward, embracing a wooden cross, in blue and red robes.

Christ Carrying the Cross

1590

Painting of Mary Magdalen in a red mantle with a crucifix, skull and stormy sky behind her.

Mary Magdalen penitent

1585

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi with the Virgin and Child, a kneeling king, attendants and classical columns.

Adoration of the Magi

1565

Painting of Christ crucified between dark clouds, with the grieving Virgin Mary and Saint John at lower left and a distant ci

Crucifixion with the Virgin Mary and Saint John the Evangelist

1600

Virgin Mary in blue and red robes praying on clouds, with angels playing harp and lute and a kneeling saint below.

The Virgin of the Immaculate Conception and St John

1580

Painting of a woman with long golden hair gazing upward, with a skull and glass vessel beside her and a stormy sky behind.

The Penitent Magdalene

1580

Painting of the Adoration of the Magi showing the Virgin and Christ Child with kneeling kings and attendants before classical

Adoration of the Magi

1568

Seated man in red cardinal's robes with a parrot in a window and an open book on a red-covered table.

Portrait of Charles de Guise, cardinal of Lorraine, archbishop of Reims

1572

Painting of a woman with dark eyes wearing a sheer grey veil and dark gown against a brown background.

Portrait of a Lady

1577

Oil portrait of an elderly man with tousled hair and a dark fur-collared cloak, glancing upward against a brown background.

Manusso Theotokopoulos

1590

Christ in a red robe gestures toward a veiled Mary against a dark, stormy background in El Greco's painting.

Christ bids farewell to Mary

1600

Painting of the Virgin Mary receiving an angel holding a lily, with a dove descending between them under a blue sky.

Annunciation

1595

Painting of a robed figure driving merchants from a colonnaded temple, with overturned tables and figures in yellow, green an

Purification of the Temple

1600

Two saints stand before a stormy blue sky, one holding a large wooden X-shaped cross in a green cloak and blue robe.

St. Andrew and St. Francis

1595