# List of works by El Greco

El Greco (1541–1614) was a Cretan-born 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 emigrated to Toledo, Spain, where he lived and worked until the end of his life.
El Greco's artworks are thus divided into three main periods:
* Works he painted while he was still in Crete
* Works he painted while he was still in Venice and Rome
* Works he painted while he was still in Toledo
El Greco was mainly a painter but a few sculptures, including Epimetheus and Pandora, have also been attributed to him. This doubtful attribution is based on the testimony of Pacheco, who claimed to see a series of wax, stucco, and wooden figurines in his studio, but these may have been models like those used in the Italian workshops (like the one El Greco himself had created in Italy). The figures illustrated recall certain nudes in paintings by El Greco in their elongated proportions, but their naturalism and the accentuated musculature of the male figure are regarded by certain researchers as surprising for El Greco. Among the surviving El Greco works are four drawings; three of them preparatory works for the altarpiece of Santo Domingo el Antiguo and the fourth a study for one of his paintings, The Crucifixion.

## List of selected works

At the time of El Greco's death his belonging included 115 paintings, 15 sketches and 150 drawings. In 1908 Manuel B. Cossio, who regarded El Greco's style as a response to Spanish mysticism, published the first comprehensive catalogue of his works. In 1937 a highly influential study by art historian Rodolfo Pallucchini had the effect of greatly increasing the publicly accepted works of El Greco. Palluchini attributed to El Greco a small triptych in the Galleria Estense at Modena on the basis of a signature on the painting on the back of the central panel on the Modena triptych. There was consensus that the triptych was indeed an early work of El Greco and, therefore, Pallucchini's publication became the yardstick for attributions to the artist. As a result, about 119 disputed compositions (including 19 "signed") were attributed to El Greco. Nevertheless, this "over-production" of El Greco's works created a reaction by other scholars. Wethey denied that the Modena triptych had any connection with the artist and produced a reactive 1962 catalogue raisonné with a greatly reduced corpus of materials. Where art historian José Camón Aznar had attributed between 787 and 829 paintings to El Greco, Wethey reduced the number to 285 authentic works. Halldor Sœhner, a German researcher of Spanish art, recognized only 137. Both Wethey and Sœhner divided in their catalogues the works in those painted by El Greco and those produced by his workshop.
Since 1962 the discovery of the Dormition and the extensive archival research has gradually convinced scholarship that Wethey's assessments were not undisputed, and that his catalogue decisions may have distorted the whole nature of El Greco's origins, development and oeuvre. The discovery of the Dormition led to the attributions of other three signed works of "Doménicos" to El Greco (Modena Triptych, Saint Luke Painting the Virgin and Child and The Adoration of the Magi) and then to the acceptance as authentic of more works, some signed, some not, which were brought into the group of early works of El Greco. In 2006 another disputed work, The Passion of Christ — Pietà with Angels, has been finally attributed to El Greco. The painting had been photographed just before the signature was removed; Nano Chatzidakis, curator of the British Library exhibition and Professor of Byzantine Art and Archaeology at the University of Ioannina, unearthed the restorer's photograph.
Nowadays the number of El Greco's works is estimated at about 500. Nevertheless, certain disputes over the exact number of El Greco's authentic works remain unresolved, and the status of Wethey's (still highly esteemed) catalogue is at the centre of these disagreements. Quantitatively, the disagreements are mostly concerned with the end rather than the beginning of his career. It is clear his son continued to sell "El Grecos" for many years after the artist's death, and in his later years he had a large workshop who, as with other important artists of the period, produced repetitions of many of his compositions. The identification of these, and deciding how much involvement the master had, if any, in each case, remains unsettled.
These are some of El Greco's most important paintings:

### Cretan period (b. 1567)

| Title | Date | Technique | Size (см) | Location |
| Adoration of the Magi | c.1565 — 1567 | Wood, tempera and gold leaf | 40 × 45 | Benaki Museum, Athens |
| Adoration of the Magi | c. 1565 — 1567 | Oil on canvas | 45 × 52 | Museum of Lazaro Galdiano, Madrid |
| Adoration of the Magi | c. 1565 — 1567 | Oil on canvas | | Museo Soumaya, Mexico City |
| Saint Luke Painting the Virgin and Child | c. 1567 | Wood, tempera and gold leaf | 41.6 × 33 | Benaki Museum, Athens |
| Assumption of the Virgin | c. 1567 | Wood, tempera and gold leaf | 61.4 × 45 | Cathedral of the Assumption, Ermoupolis |
| Christ Healing the Blind | 1567 | oil on canvas | 65.5 × 84 | Old Masters Gallery, Dresden |
| Modena Triptych | c. 1567–1569 | Tempera on Wood | 37 × 23.8 24 × 18 | Estense Gallery, Modena |

### Italian period (1567–1577)

| Title | Date | Technique | Size (см) | Location |
| Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata | c. 1567 – 1570 | oil on wood | 40.9 × 53.3 | Accademia Carrara di Belle Arti di Bergamo, Bergamo |
| The Last Supper | 1568 –1568 | oil on wood | 43 × 52 | Pinacoteca Nazionale di Bologna, Bologna |
| Adoration of the Magi | c. 1569 — 1570 | oil on canvas | 63.5 × 76 | Willumsens Museum, Frederikssund, Denmark |
| Purification of the Temple | c. 1570 | oil on wood | 64.5 × 83.2 | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
| Flight into Egypt | 1570 | oil on wood | 15.9 × 21.6 | Prado, Madrid |
| Annunciation | 1570 | oil on wood | 26.7 × 20 | Prado, Madrid |
| Adoration of the Shepherds | 1570–1572 | oil on canvas | 114 × 104.5 | private collection |
| Adoration of the Magi | 1570 | oil on canvas | | San Diego Museum of Art |
| Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata | 1570 | oil on canvas | 28.8 × 20.6 | Art Museum of the Paliard Foundation, Naples Capodimonte Museum, Naples |
| Mount Sinai | c. 1570 | oil on canvas | 41 × 47.5 | Historical Museum of Crete, Heraklion |
| Purification of the Temple | c. 1570 | oil on canvas | 116.8 × 149.8 | Minneapolis Institute of Art, Minneapolis |
| The Fable | 1570–1575 | oil on wood | 50.5 × 63.6 | Prado, Madrid |
| The Entombment of Christ | 1570–1576 | oil on wood | 51 × 43 | National Art Gallery, Athens |
| Portrait of Giulio Clovio | c. 1571 | oil on wood | 58 × 86 | Capodimonte Museum, Naples |
| Boy Blowing on an Ember to Light a Candle | 1571–1572 | oil on canvas | 60.5 × 50.5 | Capodimonte Museum, Naples |
| Portrait of Vincenzo Anastagi | 1571–1576 | oil on canvas | 188 × 126.7 | Frick Collection, New York |
| Pieta | 1571–1576 | Tempera on wood | 28.9 × 20 | Philadelphia Museum of Art, Philadelphia |
| Portrait of Charles de Guise | c. 1572 | oil on canvas | 178.5 × 94.5 | Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland |
| Christ on the Cross | 1573 | oil on canvas | 43 × 28 | Barbara Pyasetskaya-Johnson Collection, Princeton |
| Christ Healing the Blind | c. 1573 | oil on canvas | 50 × 61 | Parma National Gallery, Parma, Italy |
| Annunciation | 1575–1576 | oil on canvas | 117 × 98 | Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid |
* early 1570s Lamentation

### Spanish period (1577–1614)

| Title | Date | Technique | Size (см) | Location |
| Holy Trinity | 1577–1578 | oil on canvas | | Prado, Madrid |
| Portrait of a Sculptor | 1576–1578 | oil on canvas | 94 × 87 | private collection |
| The Penitent Mary Magdalene | 1576–1578 | oil on canvas | 164 × 121 | Museum of Fine Arts, Budapest |
| Saint Sebastian | 1576–1579 | oil on canvas | 191 × 152 | Palencia Cathedral, Palencia, Spain |
| Santo Domingo el Antiguo Altarpiece (9 paintings) | 1577 | oil on canvas | | Monastery of Santo Domingo el Antiguo (3), Art Institute of Chicago (1), Prado (1) |
| Saint Lawrence's Vision of the Madonna and Child | 1577 | oil on canvas | 119 × 102 | College of Nosa Señora da Antiga, Monforte de Lemos, Spain |
| Adoration of the Holy Name of Jesus | 1577–1579 | oil on canvas | 140 × 110 | El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain |
| The Disrobing of Christ (El Espolio) | 1577–1579 | oil on canvas | 285 × 173 | Toledo Cathedral, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint Bernard | c. 1577 –1679 | oil on canvas | 116 × 79.5 | Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Saint Francis of Assisi | 1580 | oil on canvas | 138 × 56 | Museum of Santa Cruz, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint Francis in Ecstasy | 1580 | oil on canvas | 89 × 57 | Lázaro Galdiano Museum, Madrid |
| Saint Anthony of Padua | 1580 | oil on canvas | 104 × 79 | Prado, Madrid |
| The Nobleman with his Hand on his Chest | c.1580 | oil on canvas | 81.8 × 65.8 | Prado, Madrid |
| Christ Carrying the Cross | c.1580 | oil on canvas | 105 × 79 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Ecstasy of St. Francis of Assisi | c.1580 | oil on canvas | 106 × 79 | Diocesan Museum, Siedlce, Poland |
| The Martyrdom of Saint Maurice | 1580–1582 | oil on canvas | 445 × 294 | El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain |
| The Tears of Saint Peter | c.1580 – 1589 | oil on canvas | 109 × 90 | Bowes Museum, Co Durham, England |
| Portrait of a Doctor | 1582–1585 | oil on canvas | 95 × 82 | Prado, Madrid |
| Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata | 1585–1590 | oil on canvas | 97 × 102 | Walters Art Museum, Baltimore, Maryland |
| The Immaculate Conception with Saint John the Evangelist | c.1585 | oil on canvas | 237 × 118 | Museum of Santa Cruz, Toledo, Spain |
| The Burial of the Count of Orgaz | 1586 | oil on canvas | 480 × 360 | Church of Santo Tomé, Toledo, Spain |
| Portrait of a Gentleman | c.1586 | oil on canvas | 67 × 55 | Prado, Madrid |
| Holy Family | 1586–1588 | oil on canvas | 178 × 105 | Museum of Santa Cruz, Toledo, Spain |
| Holy Face of Jesus (The Veil of Saint Veronica) | 1586–1595 | oil on canvas | 71 × 54 | Prado, Madrid |
| Saint Peter and Saint Paul | 1587–1592 | oil on canvas | 121.5 × 105 | Hermitage Museum, St Petersburg, Russia |
| The Tears of Saint Peter | c.1587 – 1596 | oil on canvas | 96.5 × 79 | Museo Soumaya, Mexico City |
| Portrait of Rodrigo Vázquez de Arce | 1587–1597 | oil on canvas | 62.5 × 42 | Prado, Madrid |
| Portrait of an Elderly Man | 1587–1600 | oil on canvas | 46 × 43 | Prado, Madrid |
| Agony in the Garden | 1590 | oil on canvas | 103 × 131 | National Gallery, London |
| Christ on the Cross with two Donors | c.1590 | oil on canvas | 260 × 171 | Louvre Museum, Paris |
| The Tears of Saint Peter | c.1590 | oil on canvas | 102 × 79.5 | National Museum of Art, Architecture and Design, Oslo |
| Christ Carrying the Cross | 1590–1595 | oil on canvas | 106 × 69 | National Museum of Art of Catalonia, Barcelona |
| Apostles Peter and Paul | 1590–1600 | oil on canvas | 116 × 91.8 | National Museum of Art of Catalonia, Barcelona |
| Saint Louis IX with a Page | 1592–1595 | oil on canvas | 120 × 96 | Louvre Museum, Paris |
| Virgin Mary | c.1594 – 1604 | oil on canvas | 53 × 37 | Musée des Beaux-Arts de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France |
| Saint Francis Receiving the Stigmata | Before 1595 | oil on canvas | 76 × 55.6 | Musée des Beaux-Arts de Pau, France |
| Holy Family with Saint Anne | c.1595 | oil on canvas | 127 × 106 | Hospital of Tavera, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint Andrew and Saint Francis | 1595–1598 | oil on canvas | 167 × 113 | Prado, Madrid |
| Portrait of Antonio de Covarrubias | 1595–1600 | oil on canvas | 65 × 52 | Louvre Museum, Paris |
| Portrait of an Old Man (so called self-portrait) | 1595–1600 | oil on canvas | 52.7 × 46.7 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Purification of the Temple | 1595–1600 | oil on canvas | 41.9 × 52.4 | Frick Collection, New York |
| View of Toledo | 1596–1600 | oil on canvas | 121.3 × 108.6 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Doña María de Aragón Altarpiece (7 paintings- Resurrection, Crucifixion, Pentecost, Adoration of Shepherds, Annunciation, Baptism of Christ, Lost work) | 1596–1599 | oil on canvas | various | Prado, Madrid (5), National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest (1), Lost (1) |
| Allegory of the Camaldolese Order | 1597 | oil on canvas | 138 × 108 | Museo del Patriarca, Valencia, Spain |
| Virgin Mary | 1597 | oil on canvas | 52 × 41 | Prado, Madrid |
| Saint Joseph and the Christ Child | 1597–1599 | oil on canvas | 289 × 147 | Toledo Cathedral, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint Martin and the Beggar | c.1597 – 1599 | oil on canvas | 193.5 × 103 | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
| Christ Carrying the Cross | 1597–1600 | oil on canvas | 108 × 78 | Prado, Madrid |
| Portrait of Jorge Manuel Theotokopoulos | 1597–1603 | oil on canvas | 81 × 56 | Museum of Fine Arts of Seville, Seville |
| Saint Ildefonsus | 1597–1603 | oil on canvas | 187 × 102 | Capilla Mayor del Hospital de la Caridad de Illescas, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint Augustine | 1597–1603 | oil on canvas | 140 × 56 | Museum of Santa Cruz, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint John the Baptist | 1597–1603 | oil on canvas | 111 × 66 | Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco |
| The Virgin of Charity | 1597–1603 | oil on canvas | 184 × 124 | Capilla Mayor del Hospital de la Caridad de Illescas, Toledo, Spain |
| Agony in the Garden | 1597–1607 | oil on canvas | 169 × 112 | Santa Maria la Mayor, Andujar, Spain |
| Annunciation | 1600 | oil on canvas | 107 × 74 | São Paulo Museum of Art, São Paulo |
| Purification of the Temple | 1600 | oil on canvas | 106 × 130 | National Gallery, London |
| Allegory of the Camaldolese Order | c.1600 | oil on wood | 124 × 90 | Instituto Valencia of Don Juan, Madrid |
| Portrait of Diego de Covarrubias y Leyva | c.1600 | oil on wood | 68 × 57 | El Greco Museum, Toledo, Toledo, Spain |
| Portrait of a Cardinal (possibly Fernando Niño de Guevara) | c.1600 | oil on canvas | 67.2 × 42.5 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Saint John the Evangelist and Saint Francis | c.1600 | oil on canvas | 110 × 86 | Uffizi, Florence |
| Portrait of a Young Nobleman | 1600–1605 | oil on canvas | 65 × 49 | Prado, Madrid |
| Saint John the Baptist | 1600–1605 | oil on canvas | 103 × 62 | Museu de Belles Arts de València, Valencia, Spain |
| Annunciation | 1600–1605 | oil on canvas | 128 diameter | Capilla Mayor del Hospital de la Caridad de Illescas, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint John the Baptist and Saint John the Evangelist | 1600–1610 | oil on canvas | 110 × 86 | Prado, Madrid |
| Christ (Toledo series) | c.1602 – 1607 | oil on canvas | 98 × 78 | Toledo Cathedral, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint Luke (Toledo series) | 1602–1605 | oil on canvas | 100 × 76 | Toledo Cathedral, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint James the Less (Toledo series) | 1602–1607 | oil on canvas | 98 × 78 | Toledo Cathedral, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint Peter (Toledo series) | 1602–1607 | oil on canvas | 98 × 78 | Toledo Cathedral, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint Andrew (Toledo series) | 1602–1607 | oil on canvas | 98 × 78 | Toledo Cathedral, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint Matthew (Toledo series) | 1602–1607 | oil on canvas | 98 × 78 | Toledo Cathedral, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint Thaddeus (Saint Jude) (Toledo series) | 1602–1607 | oil on canvas | 98 × 78 | Toledo Cathedral, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint Bernardino of Siena | 1603 | oil on canvas | 269 × 144 | El Greco Museum, Toledo, (Toledo, Spain) (Property of Prado, Madrid) |
| Coronation of the Virgin | 1603–1605 | oil on canvas | 163 × 220 | Capilla Mayor del Hospital de la Caridad de Illescas, Toledo, Spain |
| Nativity | 1603–1605 | oil on canvas | 128 diameter | Capilla Mayor del Hospital de la Caridad de Illescas, Toledo, Spain |
| Marriage of the Virgin | 1603–1607 | oil on canvas | 110 × 83 | National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest |
| Portrait of an Unknown Gentleman | 1603–1607 | oil on canvas | 64 × 51 | Prado, Madrid |
| The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Hyacinth | c. 1605–1610 | oil on canvas | 100 × 61.9 | Memorial Art Gallery, Rochester, New York |
| The Apparition of the Virgin to Saint Hyacinth | c. 1605–1610 | oil on canvas | 158.4 x 98.7 | Barnes Foundation, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Immaculate Conception | 1607–1613 | oil on canvas | 348 × 174.5 | Museum of Santa Cruz, Toledo, Spain |
| Concert of Angels | 1608 | oil on canvas | 112 × 205 | National Gallery, Athens |
| Saint Peter | 1608 | oil on canvas | 207 × 105 | El Escorial, San Lorenzo de El Escorial, Spain |
| View and Plan of Toledo | c.1608 | oil on canvas | 132 × 228 | El Greco Museum, Toledo, Toledo, Spain |
| Baptism of Christ | 1608–1614 | oil on canvas | 330 × 221 | Tavera Hospital, Toledo, Spain |
| The Saviour (Almadrones series) | 1608–1614 | oil on canvas | 72 × 55 | Prado, Madrid |
| Saint Thomas the Apostle (Almadrones series) | 1608–1614 | oil on canvas | 72 × 55 | Prado, Madrid |
| Saint James the Elder (Almadrones series) | 1608–1614 | oil on canvas | 72 × 55 | Prado, Madrid |
| Opening of the Fifth Seal (The Fifth Seal of the Apocalypse, The Vision of Saint John) | 1608–1614 | oil on canvas | 224.8 × 199.4 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Annunciation | 1609 | oil on canvas | 294 × 204 | private collection, Madrid |
| Portrait of Fray Hortensio Félix Paravacino | 1609 | oil on canvas | 112.1 × 86.1 | Museum of Fine Arts, Boston |
| Portrait of Cardinal Tavera | 1609 | oil on canvas | 103 × 82 | Tavera Hospital, Toledo, Spain |
| Saint Jerome | 1609 | oil on canvas | 108 × 87 | Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York |
| Saint Ildefonsus | 1609 | oil on canvas | 222 × 105 | El Escorial, Spain |
| Saint John the Evangelist | 1609 | oil on canvas | 90 × 77 | Prado, Madrid |
| Saint Francis and Brother Leo | 1609 | oil on canvas | 155 × 100 | College of Nosa Señora da Antiga, Monforte de Lemos |
| Purification of the Temple | 1609 | oil on canvas | 106 × 104 | San Ginés, Madrid |
| Portrait of Jerónimo de Cevallos | 1609–1613 | oil on canvas | 65 × 55 | Prado, Madrid |
| Visitation | 1609–1613 | oil on canvas | 98 × 72 | Dumbarton Oaks, Washington, D.C. |
| Laocoön | 1610–1614 | oil on canvas | 142 × 193 | National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C. |
| Portrait of Francisco de Pisa | 1610–1614 | oil on canvas | 107 × 90 | Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth |
| Saint Luke (Almadrones series) | 1610–1614 | oil on canvas | 72 × 59 | Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis |
| Saint Matthew (Almadrones series) | c. 1610 – 1614 | oil on canvas | 72 × 59 | Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis |
| Saint Simon (Almadrones series) | c. 1610 – 1614 | oil on canvas | 72 × 59 | Indianapolis Museum of Art, Indianapolis |
| Saint Paul (Almadrones series) | c. 1610 – 1614 | oil on canvas | 72 × 55 | Prado, Madrid |
| Saint Andrew (Almadrones series) | c. 1610 – 1614 | oil on canvas | 72 × 55 | Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles |
| Saint John the Evangelist (Almadrones series) | | oil on canvas | | Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, Texas |
| Saint Sebastian | c.1610 – 1614 | oil on canvas | 201.5 × 111.5 | Prado, Madrid |
| Apostolado (El Greco museum) (13 paintings) | 1610–1614 | oil on canvas | all 97 × 77 | El Greco Museum, Toledo, Toledo, Spain |
| Christ on the Cross with a View of Toledo | 1610–1614 | oil on canvas | 104.1 × 61.9 | Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati |
| Adoration of the Shepherds | 1612–1614 | oil on canvas | 319 × 180 | Prado, Madrid |
| Julián Romero and Saint Julian | 1612–1614 | oil on canvas | 206.7 × 127.5 | Prado, Madrid |
| Annunciation | 1614 | oil on canvas | 152 × 99 | Diocese Museum, Sigüenza |
* c. 1582–1586 Saint Mary Magdalene
* c. 1585–1588 Portrait of Rodrigo de la Fuente
* c. 1590–1595 Agony in the Garden – several versions, the one in Toledo, Ohio being accepted as prime.
* c. 1597–1599 Madonna and the Child with Saint Martina and Saint Agnes
* c. 1600–1605 The Repentant Saint Peter, Phillips Collection
* c. 1600–1610 Saint Jerome as Cardinal – five versions, those in the Frick and Metropolitan being generally accepted as prime. Also Madrid, London.
* c. 1603–1605 Coronation of the Virgin, Royal Monastery of Guadalupe (Spain).
* c. 1607 Saint Mary Magdalene