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Saint Francis in Prayer 1585

El Greco was among those artists most responsive to the religious fervor inspired by the Catholic Church during the Counter Reformation, and his work is characterized by the drama and passionate intensity with which he interprets theological ideas. Born in Crete, El Greco traveled to Venice between 1560 and 1567, where he absorbed the manner of Titian and Tintoretto. After...

Size:: 45½ x 40½ in., 115.57 x 102.87 cm
Medium:: Oil on Canvas
Credit:: Courtesy of Wikimedia Commons
More:: http://www.joslyn.org/collections-and-exhibitions/permanent-collections/european/el-greco-saint-francis-in-prayer/

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