El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos)
(Greek, active in Spain 1541–1614)
Place ActiveToledo and Rome, Spain, Europe
SchoolMannerist
BiographyDomenikos Theotokopoulos, called El Greco, was born in Crete, then a Venetian dependency. He reputedly studied with Titian in Venice, then moved to Rome in 1570. By 1577 he had settled in Toledo, where he spent his remaining years. His extensive production consisted almost exclusively of religious subjects and portraits.Source: Art in The Frick Collection: Paintings, Sculpture, Decorative Arts, New York: Harry N. Abrams, 1996.
