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El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos) (after) (Greek painter, 1541-1614, active in Spain)
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Note: El Greco, "The Greek," worked in Spain but signed his paintings with his Greek name, Domenikos Theotokopoulos. His work shows the influence of the art of Crete, his birthplace; Crete was a center for the Byzantine artistic tradition, emphasizing abstraction and pattern rather than recording natural appearances. From 1568 to 1577, El Greco lived in Venice and Rome, where Titian's broad brushwork and bright colors, Tintoretto's sweeping movement, and Michelangelo's monumental figures reshaped his Byzantine-influenced style. He was acclaimed for his penetrating portraits, but he also received ecclesiastical commissions throughout Spain, including important altarpieces. His paintings of Toledo are among Europe's first pure landscapes. |
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Greco, El (preferred,V,index,Dutch-P,NA) |
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Greco, El (Spanish,NA,U) |
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El Greco (V,display) |
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Theotokopoulos, Domeniko (V) |
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Theotokopoulos, Menegos (V) |
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Greco, Il (V) |
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Greco (V,LC) |
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El Griego (V) |
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Griego (V) |
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Griego, El (V) |
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Grec, Le (V) |
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El Dominico (V) |
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Dominico Greco (V) |
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Domingo Greco (V) |
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Greco, Domenico (V) |
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Greco, Dominico (V) |
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Greco, Domenico Theotokopuli El (V) |
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Domenico Theotokopoulos (V) |
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Domenico Theotocopouli (V) |
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Domenico Theotocopuli (V) |
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Nationalities: |
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Greek (preferred) |
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Spanish |
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Italian |
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Roles: |
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artist (preferred) |
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painter |
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architect |
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sculptor |
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draftsman |
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portraitist |
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landscapist |
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religious artist |
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designer |
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engraver (printmaker) |
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history artist |
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Events: |
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Related People or Corporate Bodies: |
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apprentice was .... |
Astor, Diego de |
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(Spanish medalist and engraver, born ca. 1585-1590, died ca. 1650) [500120266] |
apprentice was .... |
Tristán de Escamilla, Luis ca. 1603-ca. 1606 |
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(Spanish painter, ca. 1587-1624) [500027753] |
assisted by .... |
Bonastri, Lattanzio |
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(Italian painter, ca. 1550-ca. 1590) [500067071] |
assisted by .... |
Preboste, Francisco |
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(Italian painter active in Spain, ca. 1554-1607) [500037893] |
teacher of .... |
Bonastri, Lattanzio |
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(Italian painter, flourished 1575-1599) [500528616] |
teacher of .... |
Theotocopuli, Jorge Manuel |
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(Spanish painter, sculptor, and architect, ca. 1578-1631) [500026646] |
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List/Hierarchical Position: |
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Biographies:
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(Greek painter, 1541-1614, active in Spain) ..... [VP Preferred]
(Spanish architect, 1541-1614) ..... [RKD]
(Spanish painter, 1541-1614) ..... [GRLPA]
(artist) ..... [Belvedere]
(Greek painter, born 1541) ..... [Belvedere]
(artist) ..... [VP]
(artist) ..... [IMJ]
(Greek artist, 1541-1614) ..... [PROV]
(painter, 1541-1614, active Rome (Roma province, Lazio, Italy)) ..... [GRL]
(artist, 1541?-1614) ..... [GRL]
(Greek painter, 1541-1614) ..... [Grove Art]
(artist, died 1614) ..... [AVERY]
(Spanish artist, 1541-1614) ..... [WL-Courtauld]
(Greek painter in ESP, 1541-1614) ..... [BHA]
(Spanish painter, architect and sculptor; 1541-1614) ..... [FRICK]
(Spanish artist, 1541-1614) ..... [WCP]
(Greek/Spanish, 1541-1614) ..... [JPGM]
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Additional Names: |
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Theotokopoulos, Domenikos (V) |
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Theotokopoulos, Domenicos (V) |
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Theotokópoulos, Doménikos (V) |
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Theotokópoulos, Domenicos (V) |
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Theotocopoulos, Domenikos (V) |
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Theotocopoulos, Domenicos (V) |
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Theotocopoulos, Doménico (V) |
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Theotocópoulos, Doménicos (V) |
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Theotocopopulos, Domenico (V) |
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Theotocopoulis, Domenicos (V) |
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Theotokopolis, Domenico (V) |
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Theotokopuli, Domenico (V) |
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Theotokopoli, Domenico (V) |
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Tehocopopuli, Domenico (V) |
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Theotocopuli, Domenico (V) |
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Theotocopuli, Dominico (V) |
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Theotocópuli, Doménikos (V) |
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Theotocópuli, Doménico (V) |
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Theotocópuli, Domingo (V) |
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Theotocópuli, Domingo de (V) |
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Theotocópuli, Dominico (V) |
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Theotocópuli, Dominico, Griego (V) |
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Theotocópuli, Doménicos (V) |
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Theocópuli, Domenico (V) |
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Theotoskopoli, Domenico (V) |
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Theocopuli, Domenico (V) |
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Theocopoli, Domenico (V) |
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Theoscopoli, Domenico (V) |
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Theotocopulo, Domenico (V) |
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Theotocopolo, Domenico (V) |
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Theotocopuly, Domenico (V) |
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Teotocópuli, Dominico Greco (V) |
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Teotopopuli, Domenico (V) |
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Teotopuli, Domjnjeo (V) |
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Teoscopoli, Domenico (V) |
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Theotorotoli, Domenico (V) |
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Theopoli, Domenico (V) |
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Thoepotuli, Dom (V) |
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Zeotokópoulos, Doménikos (V) |
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Zeotokopoulos, Doménikos (V) |
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Domenico Theotokopuli El Greco (V) |
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Theotokopolous, Domenikos (V,Greek (transliterated),NA,U) |
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Theotocopuli, Dominico, called El Greco (V) |
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Dominico Theotocopuli called El Greco (V) |
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Greco, El ] (U) |
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Greco, Dominikos (U) |
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Greco, Menegos (U) |
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גרקו (U) |
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Ο Γκρεκο (U) |
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El Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos) (after) (U,English-P,NA,U) |
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אל–גרקו (דומניקוס תאוטוקופולוס) (בעקבות) (U,Hebrew-P,NA,U) |
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Greco, 1541?-1614 (U,LC,English,NA,U) |
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1541?-1614 Greco (U) |
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Ο Γκρεκο, 1541?-1614 (U) |
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El Greco, 1541?-1614 (U) |
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Greco, Domenico, 1541?-1614 (U) |
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Greco, Dominico, 1541?-1614 (U) |
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Griego, 1541?-1614 (U) |
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Theocopuli, Domenico, 1541?-1614 (U) |
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Theoscopoli, Domenico, 1541?-1614 (U) |
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Theotocópoulos, Doménicos, 1541?-1614 (U) |
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Theotocopuli, Domenico, 1541?-1614 (U) |
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Theotocópuli, Domingo, 1541?-1614 (U) |
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Theotocopuli, Dominico, 1541?-1614 (U) |
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Theotokopoulos, Domenikos, 1541?-1614 (U) |
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Zeotokopoulos, Doménikos, 1541?-1614 (U) |
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Theotokópoulos, Domínikos (U) |
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Tehocopopuli (U) |
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Teoscopoli (U) |
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Teotocópuli (U) |
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Teotocópuli, Domenico Greco (U) |
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Theocopoli (U) |
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Theopoli (U) |
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Theotocopoli (U) |
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Theotocopoly (U) |
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Theotocopoulis, Doménico (U) |
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Theotocopoulis, Domenikos (U) |
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Theotocópuli (U) |
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Theotocópuli, Domenico (U) |
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Theotokopoli (U) |
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Theotokopolis (U) |
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Del Gieco (LU,U) |
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Del Greco (LU,U) |
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Domenico Greco (LU,U) |
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domenico theotocopuli el greco (LU,U) |
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Domenico Theotocopuli gen. II Greco (LU,U) |
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domenico theotocopuli, gen. il greco (LU,U) |
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Domenico Theotocopuli gen. Il Greco (LU,U) |
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Dominico Theotocopoli, gen. El Greco (LU,U) |
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dom. th. el greco (LU,U) |
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Dom. Theotocopuli, gen. Il Greco (LU,U) |
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dom. theotocopuli greco (LU,U) |
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D. Theotokopuli, genannt El Greco (LU,U) |
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D. Theotokopuli, gen. El Greco (LU,U) |
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D. Theotokopuli gennant El Greco (LU,U) |
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el Dominico (LU,U) |
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El Greco - Domenico Theotocopuli (LU,U) |
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El. Griego (LU,U) |
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el griego (LU,U) |
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Greca (LU,U) |
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Greco Domenicos Theotocopuli (LU,U) |
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Grego (LU,U) |
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Grego scolare di Titiano (LU,U) |
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griego (LU,U) |
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il Greco (LU,U) |
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Il Greco, eigentlich Domenico Theotocopuli (LU,U) |
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Sources and Contributors: |
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Greco, El ........ | [Belvedere Preferred, BHA Preferred, FRICK Preferred, GRISC Preferred, GRLPA, PROV, RKD Preferred, VP Preferred] |
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Archiv des Belvedere database: Künstlerdokumentation (n.d.) 19049
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Frick Art Reference Library, Spanish artists from the 4th to the 20th century (1993-1996)
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Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
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Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 24 September 2002
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M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
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Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
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RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
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RKD Artists database (2000-) 33505 | | | | | | | |
Theotokópoulos, Domínikos ........ | [Belvedere] |
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Belvedere |
Subject: ........ | [AVERY, Belvedere, BHA, FRICK, Gallery Systems, GRISC, GRL, GRLPA, Grove Art, IMJ, JPGM, PROV, RKD, VP, WCP, WL-Courtauld] |
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Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon. Internationale Künstlerdatenbank (1993-2006)
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Archiv des Belvedere database: Künstlerdokumentation (n.d.) 19049
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Avery Authority files (1963-)
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Bénézit, Dictionnaire des Peintres (1976) (Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos, later Domenico Theocopuli, or Theotocopuli, known as el); b. between 1540-1550, probably 1541; d. 1614)
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Database for the Witt Checklist of Painters c. 1200-1976 (1978-)
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Enc. univ. ilus. (Theotoc$00opuli, called el Greco (Domingo); real name Dom$00enicos Theotoc$00opoulos; b. date uncertain 1537, 1547, 1548); d. 1614)
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Enciclopedia Universal Ilustrada (1978-1983)
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Encyclopedia of World Art (1959-1987)
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Frick Art Reference Library database
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Frick Art Reference Library, Spanish artists from the 4th to the 20th century (1993-1996)
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Gabinetto Nazionale delle Stampe
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Gallery Systems (2000-) LOC ID: n81070611
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Getty Provenance Index Databases [online] (1999)
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Getty Research Library Photo Archive database
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Getty Vocabulary Program rules
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Greco. El Griego de Toledo, 2014: page 302 (born 1541; died April 7 1614)
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GRI Library, author records (1998-)
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GRIL NACO contribution (n.d.)
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Grove Art artist database (1989-)
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Grove Dictionary of Art online (1999-2002) accessed 24 September 2002
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Ho Gkreko stē megalē othonē, c2008: t.p. (Ο Γκρεκο = Ho Gkreko)
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Israel Museum Jerusalem database
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J. Paul Getty Museum, collections online (2000-)
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Library of Congress Authorities database (n.d.) LOC ID: n81070611
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Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) 81070611; http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81070611
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M. Knoedler & Co. records, Finding Aid, GRI Special Collections (2012-)
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Petit Robert 2: Noms propres (1989)
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Pita Andrade and Pardo Canalis, Domenico Greco (1984)
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Pita Andrade, J.M. Dominico Greco y sus obras a lo largo de los siglos XVII y XVIII, 1984.
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Provenance Index Databases, Authority file (1985-)
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RILA/BHA (1975-2000)
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RKD Artists database (2000-) 33505
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Thieme-Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der Künstler (1980-1986) (Theotocopuli, Dominico, really Dom$00enikos Zeotok$00opoulos, known as El Greco; b. 1541; d. 1614)
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Union List of Artist Names (ULAN) Online, 2 October 2017 (Greco, El (Greek painter, 1541-1614, active in Spain); El Greco, "The Greek," worked in Spain but signed his work with his Greek name, Domenikos Theotokopoulos; birthplace: Crete; from 1568-1577, lived in Venice and Rome; born: Kriti region (Greece) (region (administrative division)); died: Toledo (Toledo province, Castilla-La Mancha, Spain))
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Wikidata online (2000-) Q301
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Wikipedia (2000-) (El Greco; birth name: Dom$00enikos Theotok$00opoulos; birth: 1541 Candia, Crete (Republic of Venice) (now Heraklion, Greece); death: April 7, 1614, Toledo, Spain)
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Witt Library, Authority files | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | |
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