The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest

The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest
Spanish: El caballero de la mano en el pecho
Artist El Greco
Year c. 1580
Medium Oil on canvas
Dimensions 81.8 cm × 65.8 cm (32.2 in × 25.9 in)
Location Museo del Prado, Madrid

The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest (also known as The Gentleman with His Hand at His Breast[1] or Gentleman with his Hand on his Chest; Spanish - El caballero de la mano en el pecho)[2] is an oil painting by El Greco.

Painted in Toledo around 1580, and on display at the Museo del Prado,[3] 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.[1]

Some authors suggest it may be a portrait of Juan de Silva y Ribera, 3rd Marquis of Montemayor and warden of the Alcazar of Toledo.[3] The artist Rupert Shrive and the historian Alex Burghart have also argued that it may be a self-portrait.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 Carney, Jo Eldridge (2001) Renaissance and Reformation: 1500-1620: a Biographical Dictionary, p. 175. Greenwood Publishing Group At Google Books. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  2. ↑ Scholz-Hänsel, Michael (2004) El Greco p. 52. Taschen
  3. 1 2 On-line gallery: The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest Museo del Prado. Retrieved 25 June 2013.
  4. ↑ Shrive, Rupert (18 February 2004). "Face to face with El Greco". The Times. UK. Retrieved 9 September 2014.
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