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El Greco

by Elizabeth Du Gue Trapier. 191 pgs.

Contributors:

   Elizabeth Du Gue Trapier

Publisher:

   Hispanic Society of America

Place of Publication:

  New York  

Publication Year:

  1925

Subjects:

Greco,--1541?-1614

	CONTENTS
	Introduction: The Greek of Toledo	1
	Chapter I El Greco in Venice.--The Clovio letter.--Portrait of Clovio.--Rome and the Farnese Palace.--The Healing of the Blind.--The Adoration of the Magi.--The Purification of the Temple. --Portrait of Anastagi.--Saint Jerome.--Portrait of a Lady.--El Greco leaves Italy	7
	Chapter II Toledo. The house of El Greco.-- The contemporaries of the artist.-- The retablo for the Church of Santo Domingo el Antiguo.--The Annunciation. -- Pietà. -- The Expolio. -- El
	Chapter III The Escorial and Philip the Second.-- Artists in Spain.--Supposed Portrait of Pompeo Leoni.--Saint Maurice commissioned by the King.--Portrait of a Man.--Portrait of a Doctor.-- Supposed Portrait of the Duke of Benavente. -- Portrait of Cardinal Quiroga.--Portrait of an Old Man.-- Portrait of an Artist.--Portrait of Niño de Guevara.--Portrait of the Lady of the Flower.--Portrait of Paravicino. -- Two miniatures. -- The supposed Family of El Greco.-- The son of El Greco.--Francisco Preboste	37
	Chapter IV The Burial of the Count of Orgaz	63
	Chapter V El Greco and Spanish mysticism.--
	Chapter VI The increasing mannerisms in the works of El Greco.--The Colegio de Doña María de Aragón, Madrid.-- The retablo for the Chapel of San José, Toledo.--Glory of Philip the Second.--The retablo for the Colegio de San Bernardino, Toledo.--The retablo for the Church of the Hospital of Nuestra Señora de la Caridad, Illescas.--His work for the Church of the Hospital of San Juan Bantista, Toledo	95
	Chapter VII The characteristics of the last works
	Notes	135
	Partial list of works	142
	Bibliography	159
	Index	169

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