ART-GREECE
El Greco at the Athens
National Gallery
In an unrivaled exhibition at the Athens National Gallery 72 of the greatest paintings by El Greco are currently on display. The exhibit entitled: El Greco - Identity and Metamorphosis was recently opened by Queen Sophia of Spain and is expected to run until the end of January.
El Greco is by far the most celebrated artist to come out of Greece, born Domenikos Theotokopoulos in Crete the artist later adopted the name El Greco having settled in Spain after studies in Rome and Venice. The exhibition takes in works previously seen at smaller showings in Madrid and Rome and also includes “The Opening of the Fifth Sign of the Apocalypse” on loan from the New York Metropolitan Museum.
El Greco died in 1614 and is buried in Toledo, Spain.
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