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'''''[[El caballero de la mano en el pecho]]''''', variously translated into English as ''The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest'' or ''Gentleman with his Hand on his Chest'', is an oil painting by [[El Greco]]. |
'''''[[El caballero de la mano en el pecho]]''''', variously translated into English as ''The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast'',<ref name=carney/> ''The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest'' or ''Gentleman with his Hand on his Chest'', is an oil painting by [[El Greco]]. |
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Painted in [[Toledo]] around 1580, and on display at the [[Museo del Prado]],<ref name=prado>[http://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/the-nobleman-with-his-hand-on-his-chest/ On-line gallery: ''The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest''] [[Museo del Prado]]. Retrieved 25 June 2013.</ref> it is the most famous of a series of secular portraits of unknown gentlemen, all of them dressed in black and wearing white [[Ruff (clothing)|ruff]]s, against dark backgrounds.<ref>[http://books.google.es/books?id=4TBFjimrHtQC&pg=PA175&dq=Portrait+of+an+Unknown+Gentleman+greco&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQXKUa6-Jo3sO__QgZAH&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Portrait%20of%20an%20Unknown%20Gentleman%20greco&f=false Carney, Jo Eldridge (2001) ''Renaissance and Reformation: 1500-1620 |
Painted in [[Toledo]] around 1580, and on display at the [[Museo del Prado]],<ref name=prado>[http://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/the-nobleman-with-his-hand-on-his-chest/ On-line gallery: ''The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest''] [[Museo del Prado]]. Retrieved 25 June 2013.</ref> it is the most famous of a series of secular portraits of unknown gentlemen, all of them dressed in black and wearing white [[Ruff (clothing)|ruff]]s, against dark backgrounds.<ref name=carney>[http://books.google.es/books?id=4TBFjimrHtQC&pg=PA175&dq=Portrait+of+an+Unknown+Gentleman+greco&hl=en&sa=X&ei=QQXKUa6-Jo3sO__QgZAH&ved=0CDkQ6AEwAg#v=onepage&q=Portrait%20of%20an%20Unknown%20Gentleman%20greco&f=false Carney, Jo Eldridge (2001) ''Renaissance and Reformation: 1500-1620: a Biographical Dictionary'', p. 175. Greenwood Publishing Group] At Google Books. Retrieved 25 June 2013.</ref> |
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Some authors suggest it may be a portrait of Juan de Silva y Ribera III, Marquis of Montemayor and warden of the [[Alcazar of Toledo]].<ref name=prado/> |
Some authors suggest it may be a portrait of Juan de Silva y Ribera III, Marquis of Montemayor and warden of the [[Alcazar of Toledo]].<ref name=prado/> |
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Revision as of 21:48, 25 June 2013
El caballero de la mano en el pecho, variously translated into English as The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast,[1] The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest or Gentleman with his Hand on his Chest, is an oil painting by El Greco.
Painted in Toledo around 1580, and on display at the Museo del Prado,[2] it is the most famous of a series of secular portraits of unknown gentlemen, all of them dressed in black and wearing white ruffs, against dark backgrounds.[1]
Some authors suggest it may be a portrait of Juan de Silva y Ribera III, Marquis of Montemayor and warden of the Alcazar of Toledo.[2]
References
- ^ a b Carney, Jo Eldridge (2001) Renaissance and Reformation: 1500-1620: a Biographical Dictionary, p. 175. Greenwood Publishing Group At Google Books. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
- ^ a b On-line gallery: The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest Museo del Prado. Retrieved 25 June 2013.