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El Greco

135 works

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Oil portrait of a bearded man with a large white ruff collar against a dark brown background, by El Greco.

Jerónimo de Cevallos

1613

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 the Nativity with Mary and the Christ Child, shepherds kneeling, and two angels with a scroll above.

The Adoration of the Shepherds

1612

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

Mater Dolorosa

1587

Painting of a bearded man with a glowing halo, wearing a red robe, raising one hand and holding a gray orb.

El Salvador

1608

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 Christ in a red robe surrounded by soldiers and a crowd, with kneeling figures in the foreground under a dark sky

Disrobing of Christ (Espolio)

1600

Kneeling friar in black cloak looks up at a vision of the Virgin and Child on a cloud in a dark interior.

Apparition of the Virgin and Child to Saint Hyacinth

1605

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

Painting of the Holy Family and Mary Magdalen with a child reaching for fruit under a stormy sky.

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

Painting of Christ on the cross against a dark, cloudy sky, with trees and a distant hill at the bottom edge.

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

Painting of Saint Sebastian pierced by arrows against a cloudy sky, with a lower panel showing his legs before a rocky landsc

Saint Sebastian (complete)

1610

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 the Baptism of Christ with John the Baptist, a descending dove, God the Father in clouds, and angels.

The Baptism of Christ

1614

Painting of a bearded man wrestling serpents among nude figures, with a walled city and stormy sky behind.

Laocoön

1610