El Greco in New York and Bartholomeus Spranger at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, until February 1, 2015

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El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1540/41–1614 Toledo). A View of Toledo, Ca. 1598-99. Oil on canvas, 47 3/4 x 42 3/4 in. (121.3 x 108.6 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

2. El Greco_The Vision of Saint John_MMA

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1540/41–1614 Toledo). The Vision of Saint John, 1608–14. Oil on canvas, 87 1/2 x 76in. (222.3 x 193cm); with added strips 88 1/2 x 78 1/2 in. (224.8 x 199.4 cm) [top truncated]. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1956

3. El Greco_Saint Jerome as a Scholar_MMA

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1540/41–1614 Toledo). Saint Jerome as a Scholar, Ca. 1610. Oil on canvas, 42 1/2 x 35 1/16 in. (108 x 89 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Robert Lehman Collection, 1975

4. El Greco_Cardinal Fernando Nino de Guevara_MMA

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1540/41–1614 Toledo). Cardinal Fernando Niño de Guevara (1541–1609), Ca. 1600. Oil on canvas, 67 1/4 x 42 1/2in. (170.8 x 108cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, H. O. Havemeyer Collection, Bequest of Mrs. H. O. Havemeyer, 1929

6. El Greco_Portrait of an Old Man_MMA

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1540/41–1614 Toledo). Portrait of an Old Man, Ca. 1595–1600. Oil on canvas, 20 3/4 x 18 3/8 in. (52.7 x 46.7 cm). The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Purchase, Joseph Pulitzer Bequest, 1924

7. El Greco_Saint Luke_Hispanic Society of America

El Greco (Domenikos Theotokopoulos) (Greek, Iráklion (Candia) 1540/41–1614 Toledo). Saint Luke, Ca. 1600-1605. Oil on canvas. Hispanic Society of America, New York


 

Self-Portrait of the Artist, 1580-1585.

Bartholomeus Spranger (Flemish, Antwerp 1546-1611 Prague). Self-Portrait, 1585–86. Oil on canvas, 24 5/8 x 17 5/8 in. (62.5 x 45 cm). Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Jupiter and Antiope. Ca. 1596. Oil on canvas, 120 x 69 cm.

Bartholomeus Spranger (Flemish, Antwerp 1546–1611 Prague). Jupiter and Antiope, Ca. 1595–97. Oil on canvas, 47 1/4 x 35 in. (120 x 89 cm). Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

Hercules and Omphale.

Bartholomeus Spranger (Flemish, Antwerp 1546-1611 Prague). Hercules and Omphale, Ca. 1585 Oil on copper, 9 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (24 x 19 cm). Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna, Austria

4. Spranger_Diana and Actaeon_MMA

Bartholomeus Spranger (Flemish, Antwerp 1546-1611 Prague). Diana and Actaeon, Circa 1590. Pen and brown ink, brush and brown and gray wash, white heightening, over traces of black chalk, on paper washed blue and pink, 16 ¼ x 12 5/8 in. (41.3 x 32.1 cm). Purchase, Lila Acheson Wallace Gift, 1997, The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Judith putting the head of Holofernes in a sack held by  her ser

Bartholomeus Spranger (Flemish, Antwerp 1546-1611 Prague). Judith and Holofernes, Ca. 1601. Pen and brown ink with brown wash and white heightening on paper rubbed with black chalk and brown wash, 12 5/8 x 8 3/8 in. (32.1 x 21.4 cm). Musée du Louvre, Paris, France

6. Spranger_Cupid and Psyche_Oldenburg

Bartholomeus Spranger (Flemish, Antwerp 1546–1611 Prague). Cupid Fleeing Psyche, Ca. 1599. Oil on copper, 24 3⁄4 x 18 5⁄8 in. (63 x 47.5 cm). Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Oldenburg (15.579)

7. Spranger_Fama_Hartung & Hartung Auctioneers

Bartholomeus Spranger (Flemish, Antwerp 1546–1611 Prague). Fama, 1605. Pen and ink with brown wash, red highlights, and heightening on paper grounded with black chalk, 4 ½ x 6 3/8 (11.5 x 16 cm). Collection: Hartung & Hartung Auctioneers, as agent of the owner, Munich From the Stammbuch (friendship album) of Benedikt Amon.

Images courtesy Metropolitan Museum of Art