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Who painted it?
Who painted “The Fable”?
“The Fable” was painted by El Greco in 1580. Where to see it: Museo del Prado.
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What to look for
El Greco: elongated, flame-like figures, cold greens and acid yellows, flickering light and turbulent, stormy skies.
Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1 October 1541 – 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco, was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance, regarded as one of the greatest artists of all time. Wikipedia
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More by El Greco
- “View of Toledo”, 1596
- “The Burial of the Count of Orgaz”, 1586
- “Opening of the Fifth Seal”, 1610
- “The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest”, 1580
- “The Disrobing of Christ”, 1578
- “Saints Peter and Paul”, 1587
- “Laocoön”, 1610–1614
- “Saint Peter and Saint Paul”, 1595