Oil on canvas, 1577
About this work
The Assumption of the Virgin (1577–79) by Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco. Oil on canvas.
El Greco
Greek-born master of Spanish Renaissance painting
El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos) was a Greek painter, sculptor, and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. His dramatic and expressionistic style was considered bizarre by contemporaries but found appreciation in the 20th century.