# Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609), in El Greco

El Greco painted this in about 1600, aged about 54. It is now at The Met in New York.

Our note:

> The cardinal sits in a high-backed chair, his crimson robes and lace rochet falling in shimmering folds, and looks out through round, horn-rimmed spectacles with a sharp, wary gaze.

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## The work

- Date: ca. 1600
- Medium: Oil on canvas
- Dimensions: 67 1/4 x 42 1/2in. (170.8 x 108cm)
- Type: Paintings
- Courtesy of The Metropolitan Museum of Art, 29.100.5
- Licence: CC0 1.0

## The artist

[El Greco](https://www.ochreeditions.com/artists/el-greco), Spanish, 1541–1614

El Greco, “the Greek”, was born in Crete and trained in the Byzantine icon tradition before studying Venetian painting and working in Rome.

7 works in the collection.

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