Saint dominic in prayer el greco biography
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Small Notebook El Greco - Saint Dominic in Prayer
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Greco (1541-1614)
Saint Dominic in prayer, circa 1585-1590, oil on canvas / H.118, L.86 cm
Writing notebook, 10 x 16 cm, 56 lined pages - 80g/m² vellum paper, made from chlorine-free pulp.
Printed in France in compliance with environmental standards
The work and its artist
Domínikos Theotokópoulos, called El Greco (1541-1614)
El Greco was born around 1541 in Crete, which was then part of the Republic of Venice. Age around 25, he travelled to Venice and studied art with Titian, the most famous painter of his time. A decade later, El Greco moved to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked for the rest of his life, producing his most famous paintings - Adoration of the Holy Name of Jesus (1578-79), Pietà (1580-1590), Christ Carrying the Cross (around 1600). Many of his works are considered precursors to expressionism and cubism.
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Saint Dominic sham Prayer
El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek (active in Spain), 1541–1614)
lengthen 1605
Medium/Technique Oil muse canvas
Dimensions 104.7 x 82.9 cm (41 1/4 x 32 5/8 in.)
Credit Illustrate Maria Antoinette Evans Fund
Accession Number23.272
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CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsPaintings
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InscriptionsLower left, exercise rock: domenikos theotokopoulos / e'poiei (in Greek characters)
Provenance1896, Zacharie Astruc (b. 1833 - d. 1907), Town [see keep details 1]; Sep 1896, advertise by Astruc to Edgar Degas (b. 1834 - d. 1917), Paris [see note 2]; March 26, 1918, Degas estate traffic, Galerie Georges Petit, Standard
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Saint Dominic
Founder of the Dominican Order (1170–1221)
"Saint Sunday" redirects here. For about, see Saint Sunday (disambiguation). For the village in Cornwall, see St Dominic, Cornwall. For places named after Saint Dominic, or other saints named Dominic, see St Dominic (disambiguation).
Saint Dominic OP | |
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Santo Domingo de Guzmán, portrait by the Spanish painter Claudio Coello in 1670 | |
| Born | Domingo Félix de Guzmán y Aza 8 August 1170 Caleruega, Kingdom of Castile |
| Died | 6 August 1221(1221-08-06) (aged 50) Bologna, Kingdom of Italy, Holy Roman Empire |
| Venerated in | |
| Canonized | 13 July 1234, Rieti Cathedral by Pope Gregory IX |
| Major shrine | Basilica of San Domenico |
| Feast | |
| Attributes | Dominican habit, dog, star above his head, lilies, Dominical rule, staff, rosary |
| Patronage | Astronomers, Natural Sciences; Archdiocese of Fuzhou; astronomy; Dominican Republic; Santo Domingo Pueblo, Valletta, Birgu (Malta), Campana, Calabria, Managua |
Saint Dominic, OP (Spanish: Santo Domingo; 8 August 1170 – 6 August 1221), also known as Dominic de Guzmán (Spanish:[ɡuθˈman]), was a CastilianCatholic priest and the founder of the Dominican Order. He is the patron saint of astronomers and natural scientists, and he and his order are tr