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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

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

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

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