The Burial of the Count of Orgaz: El Greco’s Hidden Signature
The Burial of the Count of Orgaz is the most famous painting by El Greco, the Cretan-born master who made…
El Greco’s Disrobing of Christ, Espolio: The Red Robe of Christ
The Disrobing of Christ, known in Spanish as El Espolio, is one of the great masterpieces of El Greco, painted between…
El Greco’s Christ Carrying the Cross: A Gaze to Heaven
Christ Carrying the Cross is one of the most tender and inward images of the Passion, painted by El Greco…
El Greco Paintings: 15 Famous Works That Still Feel Otherworldly
El Greco paintings still feel otherworldly four centuries later. Step into the elongated Christs and saints of his mystical Toledo.
The Tearful Religious Paintings of Luis de Morales
Luis de Morales paintings give Spanish Counter-Reformation devotion its most intimate voice. Step into the silvery Madonnas of the Divine of Badajoz.
Famous Bronzino Paintings and Their Cold Beauty
Bronzino paintings occupy a singular position in sixteenth-century Italian art. Born Agnolo di Cosimo in 1503 near Florence, he became…
Famous Pontormo Paintings That Break Renaissance Rules
Pontormo paintings are among the most emotionally intense sacred works produced in the sixteenth century. Born Jacopo Carucci in 1494…
Famous Parmigianino Paintings and Their Strange Beauty
Parmigianino paintings are the distillation of a particular kind of artistic intelligence: brilliant, refined, and slightly unreal. Born Girolamo Francesco…