Back in November , we had a"Clip Show Edition,“which led to several prompting of artists and make for to traverse . Erin suggested El Greco ; upon researching him , I discovered that one of his paintings , " A Lady in a Fur Wrap , " is both a mystery and a controversy in the artistry domain . So , without further ado , let ’s revisit El Greco ’s mystical charwoman …
2 . The identity of the gentlewoman is not know with foregone conclusion . Based on the intimate and informal nature of the portrait , the apparent geezerhood , the time frame when the portrait was completed ( 1577 - 1580 ) , and the want of other portraits of female person , though , she is most likely El Greco ’s common - law wife , Jeronima de las Cuevas , with whom he had a son .
3 . Because " A Lady in a Fur Wrap" is so dissimilar from El Greco ’s other works , artists and scholars are embroiled in a debate over the picture ’s authorship . The UK’sGuardianas well asThe New Yorkerhave discussed the argument , and in 2004 , the painting was to be X - rayed in an attempt to better ascertain penning .
4 . About 170 years ago , the painting was actually exhibited in London as " The Daughter of El Greco . “ This further complicates the debate , since there are no reports of El Greco ever having a daughter .
5 . For the most part , El Greco ’s style puzzled his generation , although Giulio Clovio , the heavy miniaturist of the long time , believed El Greco to be " a rarified talent in painting . “ It was not until the late eighteenth C that he began to be more widely appreciated . Pablo Picasso , Paul CÃ © zanne , and Jackson Pollock have all reportedly completed picture after El Greco ’s style .
6 . While he is know as " El Greco,“ his real name was Domenikos Theotokopoulos . He signed his painting in his full name , in Greek letters , and sometimes trace by Kres ( Cretan ) , since he was bear in Crete .
7 . El Greco once said of Michelangelo , " He was a good valet de chambre , but he did not screw how to paint . “ Many artist , though , receive mistake with El Greco ’s own way , leading Antonio Palomino to remark in 1724 , " We can determine El Greco ’s work by saying that what he did well none did better , and that what he did bad none did bad . “
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