Sculptures
by EL GRECO

El Greco's activity as a sculptor was marginal to that of his painting. He produced small models in clay, plaster and vax, which he employed as studies for figures in his paintings, a practice that he would have witnessed in Tintoretto's studio. El Greco also produced models for some of the carvings on his altarpieces from which professional sculptors would work: the contract for the altarpiece of Santo Domingo el Antiguo required him to make models for the two wooden Prophet figures and three Virtues that were to be carved by Juan Bautista Monegro. In addition he produced some finished sculptures himself, notably the Relief of The Imposition of the Chasuble on St Ildefonso (Sacristy of Toledo Cathedral), The Risen Christ from the tabernacle of the Tavera Hospital, and two small figures of Epimetheus and Pandora.

Preview Picture Data File Info Comment
Two Saints
1577-79
Wood, height about 150 cm
Santo Domingo el Antiguo, Toledo

771*877
Grayscale
104 Kb



The Risen Christ (frontal view)
1595-98
Polychrome wood, height 45 cm
Hospital Tavera, Toledo

600*1313
True Color
47 Kb



The Risen Christ
1595-98
Polychrome wood, height 45 cm
Hospital Tavera, Toledo

550*1070
True Color
37 Kb



The Risen Christ
1595-98
Polychrome wood, height 45 cm
Hospital Tavera, Toledo

523*820
Grayscale
29 Kb



Epimetheus and Pandora
1600s
Polychromed wood, height 43 cm
Conde de la Infantas Collection, Granada

1141*1100
True Color
100 Kb



Bust of an Apostle
1612-14
Unpainted wood, height 48 cm
Museo Thyssen-Bornemisza, Madrid

690*850
Grayscale
82 Kb




Summary of paintings by El Greco
Crete: before 1567 | Venice: 1567-70 | Rome: 1570-75
Spain
1576-80 (page 1) (page 2) | 1581-85 | 1586-90 | 1591-95 | 1596-1600
Santo Domingo: 1577-79 | Count Orgaz: 1586-88 | Colegio: 1596-1600
Capilla San José: 1597-99 | Illescas: 1603-05 | Apostolado: 1610-14
c. 1600 | 1601-05 | 1606-10 | c. 1610 | after 1610
Oballe Chapel: 1608-13 | Hospital Tavera: 1608-14 | Drawings | Sculptures
Subjects
| Apostles | Saints | Christ | Portraits |