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GRECO, El: The Madonna of Charity

GRECO, El
🖼 The Madonna of Charity, 1603-05
Oil on canvas
155 × 123 cm
Illescas, Spain

Ethereal figures float vertically amid swirling drapery and celestial light, rendered in El Greco's signature elongated forms and vibrant colors. This Spanish Mannerist masterpiece exemplifies Counter-Reformation spirituality, merging Byzantine tradition with emotional intensity to inspire devotion in the hospital chapel's viewers.

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The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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