jueves, 17 de noviembre de 2016

The nobleman with his hand on his chest




EL CABALLERO DE LA MANO EN EL PECHO

de EL GRECO



El Greco ( 1541-1614) was one of the most famous painters of the renaissance developing a strongly mannerist style in contrast to the naturalist approches perdominant in Seville, Madrid and elsewhere in Spain The nobleman with his hand on his Chest is one df the Greco best know works.

It was painted in the  early years of the artist stay in Toledo. It shows the exaggerated anatomical disproportions and the stylized figure that is characteristic in El Greco style .It illustrates  the sober style of dress in spain at the time.


You can see it in The Prado Museum (Madrid)

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