The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest
El Greco · 1580
The story
The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest (also known as The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast or Gentleman with his Hand on his Chest) (Spanish: El caballero de la mano en el pecho) is an oil painting by El Greco, one of the earliest works painted by the artist in Spain.
Painted in Toledo around 1580, and on display at the Museo del Prado, it is the most famous of a series of secular portraits of unknown gentlemen, all of them dressed in black and wearing white ruffs, against dark backgrounds.
- Artist
- El Greco
- Date
- 1580
- Collection
- Museo del Prado, Madrid, Spain
- Movement
- Mannerism
- Medium
- oil paint, canvas
- Size
- 81.8 × 66.1 cm
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