Portrait of an Elderly Man explained

Portrait of an Elderly Man
Year:1597-1600
Artist:El Greco
Museum:Museo del Prado
City:Madrid
Medium:Oil on canvas

Portrait of an Elderly Man or Portrait of an Old Nobleman (Spanish - Retrato de caballero anciano) is a 1597-1600 oil on canvas portrait by El Greco, now in the Prado Museum.[1] [2] Its subject's name is unknown but he probably came from Toledo, where the artist was then working.[3] It was stored in the basement of the Real Alcázar of Madrid.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Catalogue entry. Spanish.
  2. ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). .
  3. SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. .