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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

Oil painting of Christ and apostles seated at a banquet table in an arched hall, with a woman in yellow behind.

The Feast in the House of Simon

c. 1608-14

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

Elderly bearded man in a red cloak with hands resting on an open book against a dark background.

Saint Jerome as Scholar

ca. 1610

Painting of the Nativity with the Virgin, infant Christ, shepherds and angels in a dim arched stable.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

ca. 1605-10

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

Robed figure in blue raises arms toward a stormy sky as nude figures rise among green and yellow drapery.

The Vision of Saint John

ca. 1608-14

Painting of Saint Andrew, an elderly bearded man in green robes leaning on a tall diagonal cross under a stormy sky.

Saint Andrew

ca. 1610

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 an bearded older man in blue and red robes holding an open book against a dark background.

St. Matthew

1610

Painting of an elderly bearded man in blue and yellow robes holding an open book against a dark background.

St. Simon

1610

Painting of Christ in a crown of thorns gazing upward, lit against a dark background with a red garment.

Christ Bearing the Cross

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

Seated bearded man in black cape and white habit holding an open book, against a dark brown background.

Fray Hortensio Félix Paravicino

1609

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