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'''''The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest''''' (also known as ''The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast''<ref name=carney/> or ''Gentleman with his Hand on his Chest''; Spanish - ''El caballero de la mano en el pecho'')<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4M2pozQOD4wC&pg=PA52 |last=Scholz-Hänsel |first=Michael |year=2004 |title=El Greco |page=52 |publisher=[[Taschen]] |isbn=9783822831717}}</ref> is an oil painting by [[El Greco]].
'''''The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest''''' (also known as ''The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast''{{hsp}}<ref name=carney/> or ''Gentleman with his Hand on his Chest''; Spanish - ''El caballero de la mano en el pecho'')<ref>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4M2pozQOD4wC&pg=PA52 |last=Scholz-Hänsel |first=Michael |year=2004 |title=El Greco |page=52 |publisher=[[Taschen]] |isbn=9783822831717}}</ref> is an oil painting by [[El Greco]].


Painted in [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] around 1580, and on display at the [[Museo del Prado]],<ref name=prado>{{cite web |url=http://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/the-nobleman-with-his-hand-on-his-chest/ |title=On-line gallery: ''The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest'' |work=[[Museo del Prado]] |access-date=25 June 2013 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130725101852/http://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/the-nobleman-with-his-hand-on-his-chest/ |archive-date=25 July 2013 |language=es}}</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>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4TBFjimrHtQC&pg=PA175 |last=Carney |first=Jo Eldridge |year=2001 |title=Renaissance and Reformation: 1500-1620: a Biographical Dictionary |page=175 |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |access-date=25 June 2013 |isbn=9780313305740}}</ref>
Painted in [[Toledo, Spain|Toledo]] around 1580, and on display at the [[Museo del Prado]],<ref name=prado>{{cite web |url=http://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/the-nobleman-with-his-hand-on-his-chest/ |title=On-line gallery: ''The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest'' |work=[[Museo del Prado]] |access-date=25 June 2013 |archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20130725101852/http://www.museodelprado.es/en/the-collection/online-gallery/on-line-gallery/obra/the-nobleman-with-his-hand-on-his-chest/ |archive-date=25 July 2013 |language=es}}</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>{{cite book |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=4TBFjimrHtQC&pg=PA175 |last=Carney |first=Jo Eldridge |year=2001 |title=Renaissance and Reformation: 1500-1620: a Biographical Dictionary |page=175 |publisher=[[Greenwood Publishing Group]] |access-date=25 June 2013 |isbn=9780313305740}}</ref>

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The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest
Spanish: El caballero de la mano en el pecho
ArtistEl Greco
Yearc. 1580
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions81.8 cm × 65.8 cm (32.2 in × 25.9 in)
LocationMuseo del Prado, Madrid

The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest (also known as The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast [1] or Gentleman with his Hand on his Chest; Spanish - El caballero de la mano en el pecho)[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

  1. ^ a b Carney, Jo Eldridge (2001). Renaissance and Reformation: 1500-1620: a Biographical Dictionary. Greenwood Publishing Group. p. 175. ISBN 9780313305740. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  2. ^ Scholz-Hänsel, Michael (2004). El Greco. Taschen. p. 52. ISBN 9783822831717.
  3. ^ a b "On-line gallery: The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest". Museo del Prado (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 25 July 2013. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  4. ^ Shrive, Rupert (18 February 2004). "Face to face with El Greco". The Times. UK: Times Newspapers Limited. Archived from the original on 10 September 2014. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
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