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- the paintings that
- hang in our gallery
- are by the 16th
- century painter el
- greco.
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- born domenikos
- theotokopoulos in
- candia the capital
- of crete, el greco
- lived from 1541 to
- 1614.
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- at the age of 36
- he settled in toledo,
- spain where he spent
- the rest of his life
- painting canvases of
- religious subject
- matter.
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- el greco's canvases
- stand alone as a
- testament to his
- brilliance as a
- painter, but the
- true genius of el
- greco is revealed in
- the large alterpieces
- such as "saint martin
- and the beggar", that
- he painted for
- various chapels in
- and around toledo.
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- el greco's work,
- like so many other
- gifted artists', was
- neglected over the
- centuries, but now is
- finally receiving the
- attention and
- critical study it
- deserves.
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- our first painting,
- "saint martin and the
- beggar" (1598), was
- commissioned for a
- private family chapel
- altarpiece. saint
- martin was the patron
- saint of the chapel's
- founder, martin
- ramirez. the theme
- of this painting
- being the charity of
- a rich man who shares
- with the poor.
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- our next painting,
- "laocoon" (1612), is
- the only mythological
- subject el greco is
- known to have
- painted. the legend
- of laocoon, a priest
- of apollo at troy,
- is about the greeks,
- the trojans, and the
- wooden horse.
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- our third painting
- is a portrait of an-
- tonio de covarrubias
- (1600). he served as
- the architect to em-
- peror charles v, and
- was one of the
- guiding forces of
- the renaissance of
- spain.
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- the last painting
- in our gallery this
- month is also a
- portrait. "fray
- hortensio felix
- paravicino" (1609)
- is one of the
- greatest works of
- el greco's career
- and one of the great
- portraits in the
- history of art. this
- priest was one of the
- most famous orators
- of his time and was
- appointed preacher to
- king philip iii.
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- this concludes
- our tour of the
- gallery.
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