El Greco: Ambition and Defiance
Art Institute of Chicago · Mar 7, 2020 – Oct 19, 2020
Featuring over 57 works that trace the singular career of the artist known as El Greco, this major exhibition considers the astounding ambition that drove him to develop his remarkable style and to continually reinvent his practice in pursuit of success.
Exhibition guide
Hear the guides of the works here one after another, in the exhibition's order. A work without a guide yet is passed by.
Works in this exhibition
GuideThe Assumption of the VirginDomenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco · 1577–79
Saint Francis Kneeling in MeditationDomenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco · c. 1595–c. 1600
The Feast in the House of SimonEl Greco (Doménikos Theotokópoulos) and workshop · c. 1608–14
Saint Martin and the BeggarDomenico Theotokópoulos, called El Greco · c. 1597–c. 1600