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Art Reproductions Study of a Head by El Greco (Doménikos Theotokopoulos) (1541-1614, Greece) | ArtsDot.com

Study of a Head

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Study of a Head (1595) is a oil on canvas painting by the Spanish Renaissance painter, sculptor and architect El Greco. Likenesses have a special place in El Greco's work. Although he was primarily interested in painting religious subjects for ecclesiastical commissions, he also produced some outstanding portraits, often inserting them into his religious compositions, as for example in the famous "Burial of Count Orgaz" in Toledo. His formal portraits and studies from life are characterized by an element of drama and a penetrating insight into the character of the sitter. He was not interested in depicting the background, nor in the insignia of rank or office which would indicate the subject's worldly status or occupation, and his sitters nearly always face the spectator and their faces reveal the soul within. The painting (49,5 x 42,5 cm) is in the collection of the Szépmûvészeti Múzeum, Budapest.
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