Female Saint Beholding Vision of Christ Child and Saint Joseph

Brush and brown and black ink and brush and brown and gray wash on cream laid paper

About this work

Female Saint Beholding Vision of Christ Child and Saint Joseph (n.d.) by Domenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco. Brush and brown and black ink and brush and brown and gray wash on cream laid paper.

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.