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GRECO, El: Adoration of the Shepherds

GRECO, El
🖼 Adoration of the Shepherds, 1596-1600
Oil on canvas
11 × 47 cm
Rome, Italy

Elongated figures swirl upward in nocturnal radiance, their bodies stretched toward divine light illuminating the Christ child below. El Greco's spiritual intensity and distinctive mannerism revolutionized Spanish religious art, blending Byzantine tradition with Counter-Reformation fervor.

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E. H. Gombrich
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