El Greco

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Erisava Staff Jul 23

View of Toledo by El Greco, 1596

View of Toledo

Metropolitan Museum of Art · wikidata.org

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This is, from what I can tell, one of only two landscapes El Greco ever painted — everything else he did was religious work with people in it.

Erisava Staff Jul 6

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz by El Greco, 1586

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Nudity

The Burial of the Count of Orgaz

Church of Santo Tomé · wikidata.org

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The story behind this, apparently, is that the count once gave generously to this particular church, and in return was promised he'd be buried by saints in person. Whether or not you believe that part, this ended up in a church in a very large altarpiece.