| Person | Born | Died | Gender | Person ID | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Doménikos el Greco Theotokópoulos | Fodele, Crete | 1541 | Toledo | 1614 | M | P0767 |
| Instrument(s) | Professional group | Social status | Social sphere | Why is the person listed? |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| lute vihuela vihuela de arco laúd | Artist | Professional | Urban | Artist Artist (painter) Artist (sculptor) |
| Years active | Place active | Century | Region |
|---|---|---|---|
| Venice, Rome, Toledo | 17cent/1/early | Castilla |
El Greco, born Doménikos Theotokópoulos (1541 – 7 April 1614), was a painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El Greco" ("The Greek") was a nickname,[a][b] a reference to his Greek origin, and the artist normally signed his paintings with his full birth name in Greek letters, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος (Doménikos Theotokópoulos), often adding the word Κρής (Krēs, "Cretan"). (...) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/El_Greco acc. 07/01/15