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Le Greco
(1541 - 7th Apr, 1614)
Portrait présumé du duc de Benavente
Credit:
Photo (C) RMN-Grand Palais / René-Gabriel Ojéda
Bayonne, musée Bonnat-Helleu
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Keywords:
ruff (clothe)
mannerism
Inquisition
austerity
black (colour)
beard
portrait of a man
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About the artwork
Title:
Portrait présumé du duc de Benavente
Periods:
16th century
renaissance
XVIth century
Techniques:
oil on canvas
Inventory number:
Inv.13
About the author(s)
Author:
Le Greco
Also known as:
Domenico Theotokopoulos
Born:
1541
Dead:
7th Apr, 1614
Country:
Espagne
See more about this author on Wikipedia:
Doménikos Theotokópoulos
(Greek:
Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος
[ðoˈminikos θeotoˈkopulos]
; 1541 – 7 April 1614), most widely known as
El Greco
("The Greek"), was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (
Doménikos Theotokópoulos
), often adding the word Κρής (
Krēs
, "Cretan"). El Greco was born in Crete, which…
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