Oil on canvas, c. 1597
About this work
Saint Martin and the Beggar (c. 1597–c. 1600) 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.