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Painted in [[Toledo, Spain|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, Spain|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, 3rd Marquis of Montemayor and warden of the [[Alcazar of Toledo]].<ref name=prado/> The artist [[Rupert Shrive]] and the historian Alex Burghart have also argued that it may be a self |
Some authors suggest it may be a portrait of Juan de Silva y Ribera, 3rd Marquis of Montemayor and warden of the [[Alcazar of Toledo]].<ref name=prado/> The artist [[Rupert Shrive]] and the historian Alex Burghart have also argued that it may be a self-portrait.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.thetimes.co.uk/tto/arts/article2390193.ece|title=Face to face with El Greco|work=The Times |location=UK |date=18 February 2004|accessdate=9 September 2014 | first=Rupert | last=Shrive}}</ref> |
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==References== |
==References== |
Revision as of 08:20, 6 June 2016
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, 3rd Marquis of Montemayor and warden of the Alcazar of Toledo.[3] The artist Rupert Shrive and the historian Alex Burghart have also argued that it may be a self-portrait.[4]
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.
- ^ Shrive, Rupert (18 February 2004). "Face to face with El Greco". The Times. UK. Retrieved 9 September 2014.