El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más allá

El Greco is always defined first and foremost as a religious painter. The question addressed in this paper is the relationship between his secular portraits (El Greco painted some thirty portraits in Toledo) and the depictions of religious figures he made in Toledo. All his models are defined as ill...

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Main Author: Cécile Vincent-Cassy
Format: Article
Language:Spanish
Published: Civilisations et Littératures d’Espagne et d’Amérique du Moyen Âge aux Lumières (CLEA) - Paris Sorbonne 2021-10-01
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Online Access:https://journals.openedition.org/e-spania/41824
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description El Greco is always defined first and foremost as a religious painter. The question addressed in this paper is the relationship between his secular portraits (El Greco painted some thirty portraits in Toledo) and the depictions of religious figures he made in Toledo. All his models are defined as illustrious men, whom Domenikos Theotokopoulos glorifies through painting. After defining what portraiture is, which should not be considered within the confines of a genre, we analyse more specifically the way in which the models in his religious “portraits” are visibly in movement, animated by an divine “inspiration”. To this end, we examine in particular the Illescas Saint Ildefonso (1603-1605), which we relate to the Saint Jerome (1610-1614) of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Portrait of Francisco de Pisa (1610-1614) curated by the Kimbell Art Museum and the Portrait of Cardinal Tavera (c. 1608-1614).
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spelling doaj-art-3d78c5026de345be898e45aaceca3a8a2024-12-09T13:37:19ZspaCivilisations et Littératures d’Espagne et d’Amérique du Moyen Âge aux Lumières (CLEA) - Paris SorbonneE-Spania1951-61692021-10-014010.4000/e-spania.41824El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más alláCécile Vincent-CassyEl Greco is always defined first and foremost as a religious painter. The question addressed in this paper is the relationship between his secular portraits (El Greco painted some thirty portraits in Toledo) and the depictions of religious figures he made in Toledo. All his models are defined as illustrious men, whom Domenikos Theotokopoulos glorifies through painting. After defining what portraiture is, which should not be considered within the confines of a genre, we analyse more specifically the way in which the models in his religious “portraits” are visibly in movement, animated by an divine “inspiration”. To this end, we examine in particular the Illescas Saint Ildefonso (1603-1605), which we relate to the Saint Jerome (1610-1614) of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Portrait of Francisco de Pisa (1610-1614) curated by the Kimbell Art Museum and the Portrait of Cardinal Tavera (c. 1608-1614).https://journals.openedition.org/e-spania/41824ToledoEl Grecoportraitsaint IldefonsoIllescassaint Hieronymus
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El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más allá
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Toledo
El Greco
portrait
saint Ildefonso
Illescas
saint Hieronymus
title El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más allá
title_full El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más allá
title_fullStr El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más allá
title_full_unstemmed El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más allá
title_short El Greco. Retratos de ilustres varones para el más allá
title_sort el greco retratos de ilustres varones para el mas alla
topic Toledo
El Greco
portrait
saint Ildefonso
Illescas
saint Hieronymus
url https://journals.openedition.org/e-spania/41824
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