Portrait of Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli
El Greco · 1600
Why it's great
A young man with a pointed beard and a black suit looks out, holding a plan of a building. El Greco painted his son, Jorge Manuel, who was also an artist and an architect, in about 1600.
Where to see it
📍 Museo de Bellas Artes de SevillaSeville, Spain
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El Greco, whose name means The Greek, was born on the island of Crete in 1541 and moved to Spain, where he lived in Toledo. He painted long, twisting figures with flickering light and brilliant colors, quite unlike anyone else of his time. He died in 1614.
