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Painting by El Greco
Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman Artist El Greco Year 1603-1607 Medium Oil on canvas Dimensions 64 cm × 51 cm (25 in × 20 in) Location Museo del Prado , Madrid
Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman Spanish : Retrato de un caballero desconocido ) is an oil painting by El Greco .
Painted in Toledo between 1603 and 1607, and on display at the Museo del Prado , it has been cited as a possible portrait of Miguel de Cervantes , based on the fact that the author and playwright was living near Toledo in 1604 and that he knew people within El Greco's circle of friends.[ 1]
It is one of a series of secular portraits of unknown gentlemen, all of them dressed in black and wearing white ruffs , against dark backgrounds, the most famous of which is El caballero de la mano en el pecho The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest ) (ca. 1580).[ 2]
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Modena Triptych Baptism of Christ Last Supper Flight into Egypt Annunciation
Purification of the Temple
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The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice The Tears of Saint Peter
Barnard Castle , 1580–1589Mexico City , 1587–1596Oslo , c. 1590 San Diego , c. 1590–1595 Sitges , c. 1595–1600 Toledo, El Greco Museum , c. 1595–1600 Washington , c. 1600–1605 Toledo, Lerma Museum Foundation , c. 1605–1610 Toledo Cathedral , 1620–1630The Immaculate Conception with Saint John the Evangelist c. 1585 )Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata c. 1585 )The Burial of the Count of Orgaz Holy Family Holy Face of Jesus Saint Peter and Saint Paul
Agony in the Garden
Christ on the Cross Adored by Two Donors c. 1590 )Saint Louis Virgin Mary (Mater Dolorosa) c. 1594 –1604)Holy Family c. 1595 )Christ Taking Leave of his Mother Saint Andrew and Saint Francis Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata Adoration of the Shepherds
Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece (1596–1599)View of Toledo Baptism of Christ Virgin Mary Saint Martin and the Beggar The Virgin of Charity Allegory of the Camaldolese Order c. 1597 )Saint John the Baptist Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis c. 1600 )Saint Bernardino of Siena Nativity Coronation of the Virgin Marriage of the Virgin Saint John the Evangelist c. 1605 )The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Hyacinth c. 1605–1610 )The Immaculate Conception Saint Peter View and Plan of Toledo Concert of Angels The Saviour Saint Thomas the Apostle Opening of the Fifth Seal Saint Jerome Saint Ildefonsus Saint Francis and Brother Leo Saint James the Great Saint Luke Laocoön Saint Paul Saint Sebastian Saint Sebastian Julián Romero and Saint Julian Portraits Museums Related
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[1] On display at El Greco Museum in Toledo[2] On display at Museo de América in Madrid[3] On display at the Spanish Embassy in Paris
