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Who painted it?

Who painted “The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest”?

“The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest” was painted by El Greco in 1580. Where to see it: Museo del Prado.

The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest — El Greco

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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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