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GRECO, El: The Adoration of the Shepherds

GRECO, El
🖼 The Adoration of the Shepherds, 1612–1614
Oil on canvas
317 × 180 cm
Madrid, Spain

Elongated figures bathed in ethereal light converge around the infant Christ in a vertical composition of spiritual intensity. El Greco's mystical vision transforms the humble nativity into an ecstatic encounter between earthly and divine realms, influencing modern expressionism through his dramatic distortion and emotional fervor.

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E. H. Gombrich
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