Pietà (El Greco)

Pietà

Artist	El Greco
Year	1571-1576
Medium	tempera on panel
Dimensions	28.9 cm × 20 cm (11.4 in × 7.9 in)
Location	Philadelphia Museum of Art

Pietà is a 1571-1576 painting by El Greco, produced just after his arrival in Rome and with clear influence from Michelangelo, although the triangular composition is El Greco's own invention. In the background is a landscape scene. It is now in the Philadelphia Museum of Art.

Bibliography

(in Spanish) ÁLVAREZ LOPERA, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). ISBN 84-9550-344-1.
(in Spanish) SCHOLZ-HÄNSEL, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8228-3173-1.

External links

"Catalogue entry".
(in Spanish) "Article on Artehistoria" (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2012-02-19.

El Greco
List of works Artistic overview Posthumous fame
Paintings	Adoration of the Magi (c. 1565–1567) Dormition of the Virgin (1565–1566) Healing of the Man Born Blind Dresden, 1567 Parma, c. 1573 Modena Triptych (1567–1569) Last Supper (1568) Flight into Egypt (1570) Annunciation Prado, 1570 Madrid, 1575–1576 Illescas, 1600–1605 Purification of the Temple Washington, 1570 Minneapolis, 1570 New York, 1595–1600 London, 1600 Madrid, 1609 The Fable (1570–1575) Entombment of Christ (1570–1576) El Soplón (1571–1572) Pietà (1571–1576) Penitent Magdalene (1576–1578) Saint Sebastian (1576–1579) Santo Domingo el Antiguo Altarpiece (1577) Saint Lawrence's Vision of the Madonna and Child (1577) Adoration of the Holy Name of Jesus (1577–1579) Assumption of the Virgin (1577–1579) Disrobing of Christ (El Expolio) (1577–1579) Saint Anthony of Padua (1580) Christ Carrying the Cross New York, c. 1580 Barcelona, 1590–1595 Madrid, 1597–1600 The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice (1580–1582) The Tears of Saint Peter Barnard Castle, 1580–1589 Mexico City, 1587–1596 Oslo, c. 1590 The Immaculate Conception with St John the Evangelist (c. 1585) The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (1586) Holy Family (1586–1588) Holy Face of Jesus (1586–1595) Saint Peter and Saint Paul Barcelona, 1587–1592 Saint Petersburg, c. 1587–1592 Agony in the Garden London, 1590 Andújar, 1597–1607 Christ on the Cross Adored by Two Donors (c. 1590) The Penitent Saint Peter (c. 1590–1595) Virgin Mary (Mater Dolorosa) (c. 1594–1604) Holy Family (c. 1595) Christ Taking Leave of his Mother (1595) Adoration of the Shepherds Bucharest, 1596 Madrid, 1612–1614 Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece (1596–1599) View of Toledo (1596–1600) Saint Martin and the Beggar (1597–1599) Allegory of the Camaldolese Order (c. 1597) Saint John the Baptist (1597–1607) Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis (c. 1600) Nativity (1603–1605) Coronation of the Virgin (1603–1605) Marriage of the Virgin (1603–1607) Saint Peter (1608) View and Plan of Toledo (1608) Concert of Angels (1608) The Apparition of the Virgin to St. Hyacinth (c. 1605-1610) Saint Thomas the Apostle (1608–1614) Opening of the Fifth Seal (1608–1614) Saint Jerome (1609) Saint Ildefonsus (1609) Saint Luke (1610–1614) Laocoön (1610–1614) Saint Paul (1610–1614) Saint Sebastian (1610–1614) Julián Romero and Saint Julian (1612–1614)
Portraits	Portrait of Giulio Clovio (c. 1571) Portrait of Vincenzo Anastagi (1571–1576) The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest (c. 1580) Portrait of a Doctor (1582–1585) Portrait of a Gentleman (c. 1586) Portrait of Rodrigo Vázquez de Arce (c. 1587–1597; lost, known from a copy) Portrait of an Elderly Man (1587–1600) Portrait of Antonio de Covarrubias (1595–1600) Self-Portrait (1595–1600) Portrait of Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli (c. 1597–1603) Portrait of a Young Nobleman (1600–1605) Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (c. 1600) Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman (1603–1607) Portrait of Fray Hortensio Félix Paravacino (1609) Portrait of Juan Pardo de Tavera (1609) Portrait of Jerónimo de Cevallos (1609–1613) Portrait of Francisco de Pisa (1610–1614)
Museums	El Greco Museum, Toledo Museum of El Greco, Crete
Related	Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli (son) Lady in Ermine (1947 film) El Greco (1966 film) El Greco (1998 album) El Greco (2007 film) El Greco fallacy

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