The Virgin of Mercy
El Greco (Domenikos Theotkopoulos)
1603-05
Thursday, 15 July 2010
El Greco (Domenikos Theotkopoulos). The Annunciation. 1608-14
The Annunciation
El Greco (Domenikos Theotkopoulos)
1608-14
El Greco (Domenikos Theotkopoulos). The Opening of the Fifth Seal (Vision of the Apocalypse of St John). 1608-14
The Opening of the Fifth Seal (Vision of the Apocalypse of St John)
El Greco (Domenikos Theotkopoulos)
1608-14
If you were to ask me what was the single most powerful work in the Western oeuvre, this painting wins… without any competition, whatsoever. It portrays the Last Day as no other depiction has it… no other artist has even come close. THIS is art… not “Forbidden Art 2006″.
Bartolomé González y Serrano. A Portrait of a Gentleman. circa 1607
A Portrait of a Gentleman
Bartolomé González y Serrano
circa 1607
Bartolomé González y Serrano. A Portrait of a Queen Margarita de Austria. 1609
A Portrait of a Queen Margarita de Austria
Bartolomé González y Serrano
1609
Bartolomé González y Serrano. A Portrait of Margarita Aldobrandini, Duchess of Parma. 1610-23
A Portrait of Margarita Aldobrandini, Duchess of Parma
Bartolomé González y Serrano
1610-23
