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Portrait of a Trinitarian Friar  1650

by El Greco

The head of a young man wearing white sackcloth under a black cape -the colors of both Trinitarian and Dominican habits- his thin face and raw cheeks are presented in a three-quarters view, with an intense frontal lighting that emphasizes them against the dark brown background. His light, almond-shaped eyes are topped by arched eyebrows on a wide, bare forehead and short, ...
Size: 
35 x 26 cm
Medium: 
Oil on Canvas
Credit: 
Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons