Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece
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The Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece was an altarpiece painted between 1596 and 1599 by El Greco for the chapel of the Colegio de la Encarnación (also known as the Colegio de doña María de Aragón) in Madrid. The college was secularised during Goya's lifetime and the altarpiece was dismantled. There has been much speculation over which paintings belonged to the work. The consensus view is that it consisted of six large canvases and a seventh, now lost. Five of those six canvases are now in the Prado and the sixth is in the National Museum of Art of Romania in Bucharest.
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Composition[]
Names, dimensions and museums[]
Resurrection
1597-1600
275 x 127 cm
Museo del Prado (Madrid)Crucifixion
1597-1600
312 x 169 cm
Museo del Prado (Madrid)Pentecost
1597-1600
275 x 127 cm
Museo del Prado (Madrid)Adoration of Shepherds
1597-1600
364 x 137 cm
National Museum of Art of Romania (Bucharest)Annunciation
1597-1600
315 x 174 cm
Museo del Prado (Madrid)Baptism of Christ
1597-1600
315 x 144 cm
Museo del Prado (Madrid)
Bibliography (in Spanish)[]
- Pita Andrade, José Manuel (1985). El Greco. Carrogio SA de Ediciones. ISBN 84-7254-514-8.
- Cossío, Manuel B. (1965). El Greco. Espasa Calpe Argentina, S.A. ISBN 84-7254-514-8.
- Gudiol, José (1982). El Greco. Ediciones Poligrafa S.A. ISBN 84-343-0031-1.
- Tazartes, Mauricia (2004). «Las Obras Maestras». El Greco. 2005 Unidad Editorial S.A. ISBN 84-89780-99-4.
- Buendía, José Rogelio (1988). «El Greco, humanismo y pintura». El Greco. Sarpe. ISBN 84-7700-088-3.
- Ruiz Gómez, Leticia (2007). El Greco. Museo Nacional del Prado. ISBN 978-84-8480-135-1.
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- Paintings by El Greco
- 1590s paintings
- Paintings depicting the Crucifixion of Jesus
- Musical instruments in art
- Altarpieces
- Annunciation in Christian art
- Adoration of the Shepherds in art
- Paintings depicting John the Baptist
- Paintings depicting Pentecost