Adoration of the Magi (El Greco)

Painting by El Greco

The Adoration of the Magi

Artist	El Greco
Year	1565–1567
Medium	oil on canvas
Movement	Cretan School
Dimensions	40 cm × 45 cm (16 in × 18 in)
Location	Benaki Museum, Athens

The Adoration of the Magi is an oil painting executed ca. 1565–1567 by El Greco. It and his St Luke Painting the Madonna and Child are his most western works, with Adoration showing the particularly strong influence of Parmigianino at this time in his career. It may have been painted in Venice or elsewhere during his stay in Italy or for an Italian client living in the painter's native Crete, but this is debated. It is now in the Benaki Museum in Athens.

Bibliography

Álvarez Lopera, José, El Greco, Madrid, Arlanza, 2005, Biblioteca «Descubrir el Arte», (colección «Grandes maestros»). ISBN 84-9550-344-1.
Scholz-Hänsel, Michael, El Greco, Colonia, Taschen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8228-3173-1.
https://web.archive.org/web/20101129110531/http://www.artehistoria.jcyl.es/genios/cuadros/6292.htm

v t e Cretan Renaissance
Principal proponents	El Greco Georgios Klontzas Michael Damaskinos Andreas Pavias Angelos Akotantos Andreas Ritzos Nikolaos Tzafouris Michael Fokas
Other artists	Thomas Bathas Markos Bathas Theophanes the Cretan Frangos Katelanos Ioannis Permeniates Angelos Pitzamanos Nikolaos Lampoudis Antonios Papadopoulos Ioannis Apakas Euphrosynos Nikolaos Ritzos Nikolaos Philanthropinos
Major works	The Virgin Eleousa (1425–1457) Saint Anne with the Virgin (1425–1457) Christ the Vine (1425–1457) The Virgin Pantanassa (1436–1492) Jesus Hominum Salvator (1436–1492) The Crucifixion (Pavias) (c. 1440–1512) Christ Bearing the Cross (1487–1501) Madre della Consolazione (1490) Nursing Madonna and Child (Permeniates) (1520–1530) Madonna of Constantinople (1530) Adoration of the Magi (El Greco) (1565–1567) Dormition of the Virgin (El Greco) (1565–1566) Modena Triptych (1568) In Thee Rejoiceth (Klontzas) (1560–1608) Adoration of the Kings (Damaskinos) (c. 1587–1591) The Last Supper (Damaskinos) (1587–1591) The Last Judgement Triptych (Klontzas) 1560–1608 Beheading of John the Baptist (Damaskinos) (1590) Virgin Nikopoios (1594) Stoning of Stephen (Damaskinos) (1591) Vision of the Apocalypse (Bathas) (1596) Portrait of Gabriel Severus (1577–1599)
Related	Hellenic Institute Venice Manolis Hatzidakis Institute of Neohellenic Research

v t e El Greco
List of works Artistic overview Posthumous fame
Paintings	Adoration of the Magi (c. 1565–1567) Dormition of the Virgin (1565–1566) Healing of the Man Born Blind Dresden, 1567 Parma, c. 1573 Modena Triptych (1567–1569) Baptism of Christ (1567–1569) Last Supper (1568) Flight into Egypt (1570) Annunciation Prado, 1570 Madrid, 1575–1576 Illescas, 1600–1605 Purification of the Temple Washington, 1570 Minneapolis, 1570 New York, 1595–1600 London, 1600 Madrid, 1609 The Fable (1570–1575) Entombment of Christ (1570–1576) El Soplón (1571–1572) Pietà (1571–1576) Penitent Magdalene (1576–1578) Saint Sebastian (1576–1579) Santo Domingo el Antiguo Altarpiece (1577) Saint Lawrence's Vision of the Madonna and Child (1577) Adoration of the Holy Name of Jesus (1577–1579) Assumption of the Virgin (1577–1579) Disrobing of Christ (El Expolio) (1577–1579) Holy Trinity (c. 1577–1579) Saint Anthony of Padua (1580) Christ Carrying the Cross New York, c. 1580 Barcelona, 1590–1595 Madrid, 1597–1600 The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice (1580–1582) The Tears of Saint Peter Barnard Castle, 1580–1589 Mexico City, 1587–1596 Oslo, c. 1590 The Immaculate Conception with Saint John the Evangelist (c. 1585) The Burial of the Count of Orgaz (1586) Holy Family (1586–1588) Holy Face of Jesus (1586–1595) Saint Peter and Saint Paul Barcelona, 1587–1592 Saint Petersburg, c. 1587–1592 Agony in the Garden London, 1590 Andújar, 1597–1607 Christ on the Cross Adored by Two Donors (c. 1590) The Penitent Saint Peter (c. 1590–1595) Saint Louis (1592–1595) Virgin Mary (Mater Dolorosa) (c. 1594–1604) Holy Family (c. 1595) Christ Taking Leave of his Mother (1595) Saint Andrew and Saint Francis (1595–1598) Adoration of the Shepherds Bucharest, 1596 Madrid, 1612–1614 Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece (1596–1599) View of Toledo (1596–1600) Virgin Mary (1597) Saint Martin and the Beggar (1597–1599) The Virgin of Charity (1597–1603) Allegory of the Camaldolese Order (c. 1597) Saint John the Baptist (1597–1607) Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis (c. 1600) Saint Bernardino of Siena (1603) Nativity (1603–1605) Coronation of the Virgin (1603–1605) Marriage of the Virgin (1603–1607) Saint John the Evangelist (c. 1605) The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Hyacinth (c. 1605–1610) The Immaculate Conception (1607–1613) Saint Peter (1608) View and Plan of Toledo (1608) Concert of Angels (1608) The Saviour (1608–1614) Saint Thomas the Apostle (1608–1614) Opening of the Fifth Seal (1608–1614) Saint Jerome (1609) Saint Ildefonsus (1609) Saint Francis and Brother Leo (1609) Saint James the Great (1610) Saint Luke (1610–1614) Laocoön (1610–1614) Saint Paul (1610–1614) Saint Sebastian (1610–1614) Julián Romero and Saint Julian (1612–1614)
Portraits	Portrait of Giulio Clovio (c. 1571) Portrait of Vincenzo Anastagi (1571–1576) The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest (c. 1580) Portrait of a Doctor (1582–1585) Portrait of a Gentleman (c. 1586) Portrait of Rodrigo Vázquez de Arce (c. 1587–1597; lost, known from a copy) Portrait of an Elderly Man (1587–1600) Portrait of Antonio de Covarrubias (1595–1600) Self-Portrait (1595–1600) Portrait of Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli (c. 1597–1603) Portrait of a Young Nobleman (1600–1605) Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (c. 1600) Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman (1603–1607) Portrait of Fray Hortensio Félix Paravacino (1609) Portrait of Juan Pardo de Tavera (1609) Portrait of Jerónimo de Cevallos (1609–1613) Portrait of Francisco de Pisa (1610–1614)
Museums	El Greco Museum, Toledo Museum of El Greco, Crete
Related	Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli (son) Lady in Ermine (1947 film) El Greco (1966 film) El Greco (1998 album) El Greco (2007 film) El Greco fallacy

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