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Portrait of a Man by El Greco

Portrait of a Man by El Greco

Portrait of a male master Domenico Teotokopuli wrote at the end of his studies in Rome. To date, it has not been possible to establish who is portrayed in this portrait, there are several assumptions.

This work clearly shows the growth of the skill of the artist, who has gone from the Byzantine icon-painting tradition through the humanism of the Italian Renaissance to his own deeply individual style. Therefore, it is no coincidence that until 1898, when the artist’s signature was found during the restoration, this picture was considered a self-portrait of Tinoreto.

Perhaps it is a collective image in which El Greco embodied his ideas about the humanist-intellectual, the man of the Renaissance, like the famous “Kortegiano” Raphael.

With one hand an unknown person leans on a book with bookmarks on the table, next to a writing or drawing device. Perhaps these details should point to his studies. The right hand is embodied in an eloquent gesture, traditional for the image of speakers.

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