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'''''El caballero de la mano en el pecho''''', variously translated into English as ''The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast'',<ref name=carney/> ''Gentleman with his Hand on his Chest'' or ''The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest'',<ref>[http://books.google.es/books?id=4M2pozQOD4wC&printsec=frontcover&dq=Portrait+el+greco&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PBLKUdWeGYiU0AXc8IDQBQ&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=hand&f=false Scholz-Hänsel, Michael (2004) ''El Greco'' p. 52. Taschen]</ref> 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 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> |
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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==References== |
==References== |
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Revision as of 10:48, 26 June 2013
El caballero de la mano en el pecho, variously translated into English as The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast,[1] Gentleman with his Hand on his Chest or The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest,[2] is an oil painting by El Greco.
Painted in Toledo around 1580, and on display at the Museo del Prado,[3] 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.[3]
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.
- ^ Scholz-Hänsel, Michael (2004) El Greco p. 52. Taschen
- ^ a b On-line gallery: The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest Museo del Prado. Retrieved 25 June 2013.