Concert of Angels
| Spanish: Concierto de ángeles | |
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| Artist | El Greco |
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| Year | 1608 |
| Medium | oil on canvas |
| Dimensions | 205 cm × 112 cm (81 in × 44 in) |
| Location | National Gallery of Greece, Athens |
Concert of Angels is a work of El Greco in oil on canvas from 1608, during his last period Toledo, Spain. It is exhibited at the National Gallery in Athens.
It appears to be a working study for the Annunciation for the chapel of the Hospital of Tavera. It is not an independent composition, but of the inferior part of the whole. It shows a celestial choir of angels, some of them with the back to the viewer. The very extended heads and the anatomy of the characters is Miquelangelo's influence, though there are probably retouchings by Jorge Manuel Theotocópuli, the son of the painter.
Bibliography
- Álvarez Lopera, José. El Greco. Madrid: Arlanza, 2005. ISBN 84-9550-344-1.
- Scholz-Hänsel, Michael. El Greco. Colonia: Taschen, 2003. ISBN 978-3-8228-3173-1.
External links
- «Concierto Of ángeles» ArteHistoria.Like (Spanish)
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