El Greco
(1541-1614)
Greek painter of the Spanish Renaissance
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Doménikos Theotokópoulos (Greek: Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος 1 October 1541 – 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" was a nickname, a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), often adding the word Κρής (Krēs), Cretan.
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Doménikos Theotokópoulos 1541 Heraklion, Crete
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7 April 1614 (aged 72) Toledo, Spain
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