GRECO, El
(b. 1541, Candia, d. 1614, Toledo)
GRECO, El (b. 1541, Candia, d. 1614, Toledo) |
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The Opening of the Fifth Seal (detail)1608-14Oil on canvas, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York | |
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The male figures reach upwards for white garments distributed by a flying cherub. The figure at right ultimately derives from the sculpture group Laocoön; a similar figure is found in El Greco's painting of the subject. | |
