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GRECO, El: The Marriage of the Virgin

GRECO, El
🖼 The Marriage of the Virgin, 1613-14
Oil on canvas
110 × 83 cm
Bucharest, Romania

Elongated figures ascend toward a glowing temple in vertical composition, rendered in cool blues and warm golds with spiritual intensity. El Greco's mystical interpretation of the Virgin's wedding transcends narrative realism, pioneering Mannerist spirituality that influenced Spanish religious art for generations.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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