El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos)1579

The Disrobing of Christ (El Espolio)

El Greco's composition for Toledo Cathedral — paired with 1 Peter 2:21-25 ("Christ also suffered for us, leaving us an example").

The Disrobing of Christ (El Espolio)
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About El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos)

1541–1614 · Greek (worked in Spain)

Greek-born painter of the Spanish Renaissance whose dramatic, expressive style anticipated 20th-century modernism.