Mount Sinai by El Greco

Perhaps this painting was painted by the artist Domenico Theotokopuli, who became world famous under the name of El Greco, commissioned by Fulvio Orsini, the librarian of Cardinal Allesandro Farnese, in whose palace El Greco lived in 1570-1572. It is known that Orsini purchased seven paintings of the young master for the library of the cardinal, in all likelihood, “Mount Sinai” was one of them.

This small picture repeats the plot of the Central panel of the reverse side of the Modnish triptych, written during El Greco’s stay in Venice.

The painting depicts the peaks of Mount Sinai, sacred to Judaism and Christianity.

Related Paintings

Monte Sinaí – El Greco Mont Sinaï – El Greco Boy blowing the beam by El Greco Modena Triptych by El Greco Moses on Mount Sinai by Jean-Leon Jerome Portrait of Giulio Clovio by El Greco Pieta, or Lamentation of Christ by El Greco The Apostle Luke writes the image of the Virgin by El Greco