GRECO, El
(b. 1541, Candia, d. 1614, Toledo)

The Opening of the Fifth Seal (detail)

1608-14
Oil on canvas
Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York

The four figures on the left are shown in front of a mustard-coloured cloth. Two are male, two female, and they seem to be covering (or uncovering) themselves with the yellow drapery.




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