Catalogue of paintings and drawings. . of the ligure. Although the picture has a strong Spanish feelingthere is also a spirit \enetian In character. Oil on canvas. So inches b\ 45K inches :)j. CHRIST IN THE HOUSE OF MARY AND MARTHAEL GRECO (dOMENICO THEOTOCOPULi) 54 EL GRECO (DOMEXICO THEOTOCOPULI) Spanish, ca. 1548-1614CHRIST IN THE HOUSE OE MARY AM) MAKIllA There is no stranger personality in the history of art thanEl Greco. His unique character is noticeable not alone in theindividuality of his work, but also in the way he absorbed\ enetian ideas while living in \ enice, and }et later, afte
Catalogue of paintings and drawings. . of the ligure. Although the picture has a strong Spanish feelingthere is also a spirit \enetian In character. Oil on canvas. So inches b\ 45K inches :)j. CHRIST IN THE HOUSE OF MARY AND MARTHAEL GRECO (dOMENICO THEOTOCOPULi) 54 EL GRECO (DOMEXICO THEOTOCOPULI) Spanish, ca. 1548-1614CHRIST IN THE HOUSE OE MARY AM) MAKIllA There is no stranger personality in the history of art thanEl Greco. His unique character is noticeable not alone in theindividuality of his work, but also in the way he absorbed\ enetian ideas while living in \ enice, and }et later, after settlingin Spain, became the most Spanish of Spanish painters, despitethe fact that he was neither a Venetian nor a Spaniard. Christ in the House of Mary a7id Martha was probabh paintedabout 1571-1576 and is of El Grecos transitional period from\enetian to Spanish. The blue of the mantle of Christ, and thepinks of the under-garment are brilliant. The rich golden-brownoverdress worn by Mary, with other browns in \ar}ing tonesdistributed throughout the picture, give a warm accent to acolour scheme in which silver is the prevailing note. In spite of its small size the picture has power
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