# El Greco

Spanish, 1541–1614; born in Iráklion (Candia); died in Toledo

El Greco, “the Greek”, was born in Crete and trained in the Byzantine icon tradition before studying Venetian painting and working in Rome. From 1577 he lived in Toledo, where his first major commission was the high altarpiece of Santo Domingo el Antiguo, to which The Assumption of the Virgin belongs. His mature style, with elongated figures, flickering light and acid colour, found few imitators in his time but was rediscovered with enthusiasm by modern painters.

_Written by Ochre Editions._

7 works in the collection.

- [The Assumption of the Virgin](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-assumption-of-the-virgin-aic-87479), El Greco, 1577–79. Courtesy of Art Institute of Chicago.
- [The Holy Family with Mary Magdalen](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/the-holy-family-with-mary-magdalen-cma-108541), El Greco, c. 1590–95. Courtesy of Cleveland Museum of Art.
- [Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609)](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/cardinal-fernando-nino-de-guevara-1541-1609-met-436573), El Greco, ca. 1600. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [View of Toledo](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/view-of-toledo-met-436575), El Greco, ca. 1599–1600. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Christ Carrying the Cross](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/christ-carrying-the-cross-met-459087), El Greco, ca. 1577–87. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Saint Jerome as Scholar](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/saint-jerome-as-scholar-met-459088), El Greco, ca. 1610. Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
- [Saint Ildefonso](https://www.ochreeditions.com/art/saint-ildefonso-nga-90), El Greco, c. 1603/1614. Courtesy of National Gallery of Art, Washington.