Postcard El Greco - St. Louis, King of France, and a page

IC003995
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Characteristics

Maintenance
Store in a dry place, protected by a case or plastic bag
Themes
Portrait, Historical figures
Artist
Domínikos Theotokópoulos, called El Greco (1541-1614)
Art movements
16th century, Spanish paintings, Mannerism
Reference
IC003995
EAN
3336727152416
Matière de l'article
Paper
Model dimensions
10cm x 15cm
Package Dimensions
1cm x 1.5cm
Conservation museum
Paris - Musée du Louvre

The work and its artist

Domínikos Theotokópoulos, called El Greco (1541-1614)

El Greco was born around 1541 in Crete, which was then part of the Republic of Venice. In his mid-twenties, he went to Venice and studied with Titian, the most famous painter of his time. At around the age of 35, he moved to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked all his life, producing his best-known paintings. His works of this period are considered as precursors of expressionism and cubism. We remember above all his elongated and tortured characters, often of a religious nature, whose style disconcerted his contemporaries but helped to establish his reputation in the years to come.