On 22 February 1950, Picasso began his series of "paraphrases" of other painters' works with The Portrait of a Painter after El Greco.
22. veebruaril 1950 alustas Picasso oma teiste maalikunstnike tööde "parafraseerimise" seeriat maaliga "Maalikunstniku portree El Greco järgi".