''Portrait of Antonio de Covarrubias'' is a 1595-1600 oil on canvas painting by
El Greco
Domḗnikos Theotokópoulos ( el, Δομήνικος Θεοτοκόπουλος ; 1 October 1541 7 April 1614), most widely known as El Greco ("The Greek"), was a Greek painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. "El G ...
, dating to his time in
Toledo
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. It is now in the
Louvre in Paris as the result of an exchange with Spanish museums in 1941.
The subject was one of the most notable jurists in Toledo, a professor of law at the
University of Salamanca, a member of the
Council of Castile, a teacher at
Toledo Cathedral, brother of
Diego de Covarrubias
Diego de Covarrubias y Leyva or Covarruvias (July 25, 1512 – September 27, 1577) was a Spanish jurist and Roman Catholic prelate who served as Archbishop (Personal Title) of Cuenca (1577-1577), Archbishop (Personal Title) of Segovia (1564-157 ...
and a personal friend of the painter. Another portrait of him by El Greco is to be found in the
El Greco Museum in Toledo, whilst he is also said to be one of the figures shown in his ''
The Burial of Count Orgaz
''The Burial of the Count of Orgaz'' ( es, El Entierro del Conde de Orgaz) is a 1586 painting by El Greco, a prominent Renaissance painter, sculptor, and architect of Greek origin. Widely considered among his finest works, it illustrates a p ...
''. The neutral background shows the influence of
Titian and the Venetian school.
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«Antonio de Covarrubias»
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See also
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List of works by El Greco
El Greco was a Crete, Cretan-born Painting, painter, sculptor and architect of the Spanish Renaissance. El Greco left his birthplace for Venice in 1567, never to return. El Greco's three years in Venice profoundly influenced his style. In 1577, he ...
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Covarrubias, Antonio da
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Paintings in the Louvre by Spanish artists
Covarrubias
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category:16th-century portraits